Re: Copyright infringement - basis for a SLAPP suit

["Krishna E. Bera" <kebera@Cyblings.ON.CA>]

While copyright law is the particular weapon being used,
the freedom of speech people might be more helpful
- aren't parodies and satire well-protected forms of dissent 
in the U.S. especially in regard to political issues?

> BTW, what is SLAPP?  Stupid Lawyers And Paper Pushers? ;-)

nice guess :)  it's an acronym for
Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation

Some sources of info on SLAPPs:

 California Anti-SLAPP Project
http://sirius.com/~casp
   
 Pamela Samuelson's comments on the White Paper on IPR and the NII
http://www.eff.org/pub/Intellectual_property/tightening_copyright_noose.article
 notes that the White Paper proposes "the elimination of the fair use defense 
 and every other public policy limitation on the control copyright owners can 
 exercise over protectee works".  I haven't been following U.S. politics -
 did a bill ever get passed based on those recommendations?

Cheers,
-Krishna