[Rumori] JibJab's hypocrisy

[David Dixon]

Y'all remember JibJab's win over Ludlow Music's lawsuit over "This Land Is
Your Land"?  Disheartening news:

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/10/do_as_i_say_not.html

My letter to JibJab:

Someone used 9 seconds of your "This Land" animation for a not-for-profit
commentary, and you threaten to sue?

At least do what we do... when someone tries to sell our free material, we
send them a polite note privately.  We don't send a cease-and-desist,
because that's what an asshole would do.  If someone appropriates our
material for a nonprofit use (such as for a mashup), we say.. go right
ahead, just give us credit.  Treat your fans with respect, and they will do
likewise.  It's worked for us.

I wonder how many over at the EFF are sorry now for defending you, and, with
you as an example, how likely they'll be to defend someone else's
free-speech rights depending on how co-opted they think they will become.
I've enjoyed your animations since 2001, and was proud to see you triumph
over Ludlow (with the EFF's help), and even prouder to see you hit the
mainstream with your recent Leno appearance.  Unfortunately, it appears that
you have been sucked into the system that does not allow *any* infringement,
no matter what its scale or significance may be.  You have become
small-minded controllers of content, with the emphasis on control, not
content.

You should be ashamed.

David Dixon
Webmaster of Puppets
Beatallica.org