Perspective
Mar. 7, 2014
NSA parody intersects speech and IP rights
This case underscores the difficult position of third parties like Zazzle, who face possible secondary liability. By Sonali D. Maitra and Alex J. Feerst
For years, Dan McCall used the website Zazzle.com to sell Libertarian-themed merchandise such as T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, hats. By 2011, McCall's products included an image of the National Security Agency seal combined with the slogan, "Spying on You Since 1952," and a parody of the NSA seal that included the phrase "Peeping While You're Sleeping," combined with the slogan, "The NSA: ...
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