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procon

(15,805 posts)
6. What about her rights?
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 02:04 PM
Apr 2016

Clinton is protected from any unauthorized use of her speeches as under intellectual property laws. Just like movie producers, book publishers or music distributers, she owns the right to her speeches and reserves the sole proprietorship to the income she derives from them. Speeches and lectures and are no different than any other creation of human intellect that the law protects from unauthorized use by others.

In your overweening zeal to strike HRC, keep in mind that your giddy fantasy of championing a fascist like Trump, one of the most s loathsome and disgusting Republicans we've ever seen in this country, involves illegal theft and stealing someone else's property. If this is the only way you can think of to eliminate the leading Democratic candidate, maybe this Party doesn't fit your needs.

Trump isn't good at keeping secrets,,, brooklynite Apr 2016 #1
Trump doesn't want to damage her yet - then he'd have to face Bernie! lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #2
Yah, and conversely ... salinsky Apr 2016 #3
Bernie has a lifetime record to stand on and a Democrat and Republican Congress. Skwmom Apr 2016 #4
Bernie is proudly socialist, and polls show that voters like that lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #5
^^THIS^^ n/t Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #38
What about her rights? procon Apr 2016 #6
Hahaha! Yes, Trump will be so careful to protect her rights when he slips the lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #7
You're pushing for Trump to do something illegal in hope of tearing down the Democratic frontrunner. procon Apr 2016 #8
Right, llike Trump reads DU lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #9
Read the replies you're getting. procon Apr 2016 #27
Please recognize that it's pretty obvious when you twist my words. lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #28
ah, fageddabowdit - Cruz's wife has them too! floppyboo Apr 2016 #39
lol - can you 840high Apr 2016 #51
It's getting easier actually lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #52
No. They're highlighting a tactic that trump will do if Clinton becmes the canadate PFunk1 Apr 2016 #42
I think you are on the wrong Party discussion Board Sheepshank Apr 2016 #20
Now you're in lalaland lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #23
nope....I've never considered him a Dme Sheepshank Apr 2016 #24
You're probably not old enough to remember when Dems were to the left of Repubs. lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #29
The disregard for the legal process evidenced by some Berniacs is disgusting. OilemFirchen Apr 2016 #15
You seem to have no clue what we're up against. Trump has no respect for the law or decency... lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #26
I have a LOT of clues. OilemFirchen Apr 2016 #35
Well, thank you! lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #36
No prob. OilemFirchen Apr 2016 #37
I think you're going to be disappointed about what's in those speeches. Many people BreakfastClub Apr 2016 #10
She is not helping your case. It's pretty obvious she considers them extremely damaging. lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #11
then she would do herself a LOT of good by releasing them dana_b Apr 2016 #14
"Speechgate" is even more pathetic and laughable than "emailgate." MoonRiver Apr 2016 #12
Your smily makes a clear and cogent argument. lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #13
Dear Mahatma: OilemFirchen Apr 2016 #16
Not much thought needed to address a silly fantasy. MoonRiver Apr 2016 #17
Serious warning, not silly fantasy. lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #19
this is a good way to bump up that post count...respond to every single post n/t Sheepshank Apr 2016 #21
That's what you've got? Now it's too much trouble to even type a smily? lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #30
Because it is all YOU'VE got. MoonRiver Apr 2016 #40
If the transcripts get out, Annnie Oakley is hosed. n/t Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #41
yeah...just like he got all that damning birth cert info on Obama Sheepshank Apr 2016 #18
Except that we know the transcripts exist, and we already know a little of the content. lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #22
Now wait a sec, let's unpack your angst... procon Apr 2016 #43
Chief source of worry is the candidate's behavior lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #45
What damage? She won a landslide in NY and is poised to do so again next Tuesday. MoonRiver Apr 2016 #47
It's about the independents. Left-leaners will stay home. lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #48
Don't assume that being an Independent voter is synonymous with supporting Bernie. procon Apr 2016 #55
I was referring to left-leaning indies, not centrist or right-leaning. lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #56
Most people are chuckling, or completely indifferent. procon Apr 2016 #53
Dem voters in closed elections... lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #54
I think these transcripts would make her more popular with Republican voters. jalan48 Apr 2016 #25
The transcripts won't be a big deal after Bernie is dispatched.. speaktruthtopower Apr 2016 #31
Excuse me, but the right flank is Trump territory anyway; no need to fight for it. lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #33
NO republican is calling for the release of these transcripts Gothmog Apr 2016 #32
They don't want to damage her before the GE. She's the easier target and must be protected for now. lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #34
Because Trump isn't trying to woo independents Amaril Apr 2016 #44
The transcripts are a total red herring nichomachus Apr 2016 #46
Yeah, but Citizen's United legalized bribery, so there's probably not a legal issue here. lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #49
And if she ever gets to the GE and he releases it, that would be her Romney 47% moment pdsimdars Apr 2016 #50
What would Trump gain from releasing the speeches, even if they contained a 47% moment, which they Hoyt Apr 2016 #57
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