REMOVED: Ron Paul labels Newt and Mitt muppets
30 Nov 2011:REMOVED: Ron Paul labels Newt and Mitt muppets
Did anyone see the original?
I assume the estate of Jim Henson complained about the libellous comparison of interesting, articulate and intelligent puppets with Mssrs. Gingrich and Romney.
11 responses so far ↓
1 Natalie Solent // Nov 30, 2011 at 10:34 am
The journalist had mistaken a video made by amateur fans of Ron Paul for an official video by the Ron Paul campaign.
2 Super Sam // Nov 30, 2011 at 10:38 am
This might be it http://coffee.windowstorussia.com/ron-paul-labels-newt-and-mitt-muppets-paul-harris.html
(I’m only waking up, googling skills lacking)
3 JuliaM // Nov 30, 2011 at 11:01 am
“The journalist had mistaken a video made by amateur fans of Ron Paul for an official video by the Ron Paul campaign.”
/facepalm
4 Richard // Nov 30, 2011 at 11:46 am
Is a Mitt Muppet some sort of glove puppet?
5 Richard // Nov 30, 2011 at 11:47 am
Your adverts are very clever; I’m in India at the moment, so I’m getting lots of Indian ads.
6 Natalie Solent // Nov 30, 2011 at 11:56 am
Looking at my earlier comment, “amateur fan of Ron Paul” reads oddly, as if there were “professional fans of Ron Paul”
Wait a minute….
Ron Paul is a fine man, as politicians go. And self interest demands that I be exceptionally devoted to the right to hold political opinions unpopular with the majority. But some of Paul’s supporters are a little OTT.
7 James // Nov 30, 2011 at 12:39 pm
That would be Paul Harris. From the Grauniad. The Grauniad’s US correspondent.
The one who should know that official campaign ads have to be ‘endorsed’ by a candidate at the end of the ad with an “I’m John Doe and I approve this message” -type clip/ voiceover.
But didn’t.
Perhaps they’d be better off hiring a US correspondent who knows things about, y’know, the US?
8 James // Nov 30, 2011 at 12:41 pm
(As it is, I think the clip is quite effective at highlighting hypocrisy – if a little bit too long)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppbPSm4MAxg
9 Dennis the Peasant // Nov 30, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Newt and Mitt do remind me of Bert and Ernie…
10 Ben // Nov 30, 2011 at 11:41 pm
The parody exemption to copyright covers parodying the muppets, not using the muppets to parody Mitt Romney. That is, it covers copying only the thing you are parodying.
So yes, this could be a violation….
11 john b // Dec 1, 2011 at 3:12 am
Ben – no, not since Blanch v Koons. I knew that remixable media course would come in handy one day… http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/2nd/056433p.pdf
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