Jerry Fairwell, a man who blamed the Sept. 11 attacks on gays and other groups that he didn't agree with, sued Gary Cohn for opening up a web site domain in his name saying it violated trademarks by using the Jerryfalwell.com and Jerryfallwell.com Web addresses. Gary Cohn used the web sites to post parodies of Jerry Fairwell. In the end the lawsuit was thrown out because the court Cohn's site did not target a virginia audience and that court did not have jurisdiction over this matter. Many people praised this find because they would have found it against the freedom of speech if Cohn was found guilty.
I believe the courts were right in this decision because first of all I hate Jerry Fairwell and his anti-common sense preachings. I find him insulting to think that 9-11 can be related in some way that the gay community did it. Also the other reason I find that the courts were right is that it would have been a violation of free speech and that's one of the most important things in this country.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
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