********* Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 07:28:50 -0700 From: "Jeffrey St. Clair" <sitkaat_private> To: cp <counterpunch-listat_private>, Declan McCullagh <declanat_private> Subject: eBay Yanks Bloody Condit Artwork http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-000060870jul26.story?coll EBay Pulls Art Item at Request of Condit Internet: Congressman's office says his intellectual property rights were violated in collage about intern's disappearance. By DAVID STREITFELD, TIMES STAFF WRITER Online auction house EBay Inc. said Wednesday that it had removed a piece of art for sale about the disappearance of Chandra Levy because of a complaint by Rep. Gary Condit (D-Ceres), who said it violated his intellectual property rights. "We were contacted by a representative from the congressman's office in Washington. . . . He believed the item was 'a violation of the congressman's right of publicity, based upon the use of his name or image,' " said EBay spokesman Kevin Pursglove. In the artwork, near the Condit photo is a cutout of an ax dripping blood. Sprinkled around the montage are words such as "thou shall not be a hypocrite," "missing" and "The media is to Chandra what piranhas are to guppies." [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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