Comments on: The History Channel issues cease and desist to bloggers

By: Rewriting the History of the History Channel Ads - Caleb’s blog - RedState

Rewriting the History of the History Channel Ads - Caleb’s blog - RedState — Sat, 23 May 2009 01:43:16 +0000

[...] the History Channel logo. This afternoon, I found one website which has already received a letter: MarkLives.com. MarkLives received a cease and desist letter from AETN, parent company of The History Channel, [...]

By: Dolla Brand

Dolla Brand — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:22:20 +0000

rightwing sites here a history of putting pressure on corporations to retain whitewashed accounts of US history.

By: Herman Manson

Herman Manson — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:02:01 +0000

They never learnt about the Streisand effect in law school… Pity (for their clients).

By: Phillip

Phillip — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:01:22 +0000

Looking at the Google cache of the MarkLives post (http://tinyurl.com/qsdlfh) it’s kinda ironic that these guys don’t understand the Streisand effect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect). Or *do* they?

By: Herman Manson

Herman Manson — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:15:12 +0000

On the Internet where is the boundary between local and global? If either Multichoice or Ogilvy had stood by the campaign I would have kept it up. Regardless of who approved what (or not) – as its stands it seems unclear that the work actually ran in the media. I’m considering uploading the ads minus the logos if it becomes clear that the work is no longer easily accessible via the web. The fact that the campaign won a Clio does change matters as it puts the work back in the public domain.

By: gmk

gmk — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:05:42 +0000

“For the record we believe corporate lawyers are increasingly a threat to freedom of speech and therefore to constitutional democracy”

Agreed. You should have left the content up and made them issue a take down notice at the very least if this site is goverened by local laws.

By: Herman Manson

Herman Manson — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:53:24 +0000

Update: The campaign won a silver CLIO – you can still see it on the awards page
@ http://www.clioawards.com/winners/index.cfm?page=2&medium_id=2&award_id=3&search=1 (logo and all). But did it ever run anywhere?

By: Johann Schwella

Johann Schwella — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:48:46 +0000

This is highly unfortunate. I personally thought the ads were quite funny and interesting…

By: Herman Manson

Herman Manson — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:47:32 +0000

Did this conservative blog post contribute to AETN calling in the lawyers? http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2009/05/21/history-is-rewritten-by-the-winners/