Nothing like an attorney’s letter to produce contrition:
I want to apologize for misusing Stacey Robert McCain’s original video . . . I was angry so I decided to take Mrs. Bachmann’s line out of context to make her seem more overtly racist in light of her recent signing of that Iowa marriage pledge that said black children were better off under slavery than in Obama’s America. Whether or not I dislike Michele Bachmann, it wasn’t right to deliver a dishonest blow like that. I wanted to apologize to Mr. McCain and all of you directly. . . .
I have removed the video from my Youtube channel.
My attorney is considering what further action will be necessary, and I have contacted the Bachmann campaign. There are two injured parties, you see. This “On Knees” blogger’s claim that his misleading distortion of Bachmann’s speech was retaliation for her having signed the Iowa marriage pledge is rather interesting in terms of demonstrating malice. But Bachmann’s potential claim for libelous defamation is irrelevant to my potential claim of copyright infringement in having my video pirated for such a purpose.
UPDATE: Welcome, Instapundit readers!
the dude still has this error on his website:
Here is Robert Stacey McCain’s original video of Michele Obama preaching:
Obama?
[…] at All American Blogger and by Bob Belvedere at The Camp of the Saints — thanks!UPDATE IV: Lowlife Who Pirated My Video Apologizes for Smearing Michele Bachmann – we’ll see what my attorney says about this.Linked at Pirate’s Cove — […]
You’re determined to get this guy a job at CNN or MSNBC, aintcha?
“…in light of her recent signing of that Iowa marriage pledge that said black children were better off under slavery than in Obama’s America.”
I must have missed that line in the pledge.
This turkey will make for easy legal plucking.
Borrowing is fine, but only with attribution!
I wonder how many other videos and posts of Stacy McCain have been thus purloined?
Robert, maybe you should add a category to this post called Legal or Lawsuit? I foresee additional ripoffs in the future.
Robert, maybe you should add a category to this post called Legal or Lawsuit? I foresee additional ripoffs in the future.
[…] Note the whole “She’s an evil homophobic racist but two wrongs don’t make a right” meme. Stacy McCain being an actual journalist knows what “absence of malice” means […]
Sue them blind. Such asshattery should be painful.
Such asshattery would drive RSM into the poor house with legal bills. Or he gets smeared by connection to Righhaven for putting the blogosphere on trial.
There are times that those in the legal profession should be forgiven of any past excesses and given our blessing. Your attorney has ours, Stacy,
The dishonestly edited video is still on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gser_9Uogk
As a trial attorney, just let me say: Bazinga!
As a trial attorney, just let me say: Bazinga!
As a trial attorney, just let me say: Bazinga!
As a trial attorney, just let me say: Bazinga!
As a trial attorney, just let me say: Bazinga!
As a trial attorney, just let me say: Bazinga!
As a trial attorney, just let me say: Bazinga!
As a trial attorney, just let me say: Bazinga!
As a trial attorney, just let me say: Bazinga!
As a trial attorney, just let me say: Bazinga!
As a trial attorney, just let me say: Bazinga!
As a trial attorney, just let me say: Bazinga!
As a trial attorney, just let me say: Bazinga!
Good. In addition to legal consequences, I think that creep would also benefit from a foot in the ass, as would all the lefttarded prog bastards who ran with that edited version of your video that he stole.
Good. In addition to legal consequences, I think that creep would also benefit from a foot in the ass, as would all the lefttarded prog bastards who ran with that edited version of your video that he stole.
Good. In addition to legal consequences, I think that creep would also benefit from a foot in the ass, as would all the lefttarded prog bastards who ran with that edited version of your video that he stole.
Good. In addition to legal consequences, I think that creep would also benefit from a foot in the ass, as would all the lefttarded prog bastards who ran with that edited version of your video that he stole.
Good. In addition to legal consequences, I think that creep would also benefit from a foot in the ass, as would all the lefttarded prog bastards who ran with that edited version of your video that he stole.
Good. In addition to legal consequences, I think that creep would also benefit from a foot in the ass, as would all the lefttarded prog bastards who ran with that edited version of your video that he stole.
Good. In addition to legal consequences, I think that creep would also benefit from a foot in the ass, as would all the lefttarded prog bastards who ran with that edited version of your video that he stole.
Please, please – don’t let this just fade away. Sue him/her for everything they’ve got. Put them in jail. For all those times that we on the right have been viciously smeared without recourse. It must end.
Please, please – don’t let this just fade away. Sue him/her for everything they’ve got. Put them in jail. For all those times that we on the right have been viciously smeared without recourse. It must end.
Please, please – don’t let this just fade away. Sue him/her for everything they’ve got. Put them in jail. For all those times that we on the right have been viciously smeared without recourse. It must end.
Please, please – don’t let this just fade away. Sue him/her for everything they’ve got. Put them in jail. For all those times that we on the right have been viciously smeared without recourse. It must end.
Please, please – don’t let this just fade away. Sue him/her for everything they’ve got. Put them in jail. For all those times that we on the right have been viciously smeared without recourse. It must end.
Please, please – don’t let this just fade away. Sue him/her for everything they’ve got. Put them in jail. For all those times that we on the right have been viciously smeared without recourse. It must end.
Please, please – don’t let this just fade away. Sue him/her for everything they’ve got. Put them in jail. For all those times that we on the right have been viciously smeared without recourse. It must end.
Listen carefully to your adversaries and treat them with respect, but show your enemies no quarter. Go get ‘im!
Listen carefully to your adversaries and treat them with respect, but show your enemies no quarter. Go get ‘im!
Listen carefully to your adversaries and treat them with respect, but show your enemies no quarter. Go get ‘im!
Listen carefully to your adversaries and treat them with respect, but show your enemies no quarter. Go get ‘im!
Listen carefully to your adversaries and treat them with respect, but show your enemies no quarter. Go get ‘im!
Listen carefully to your adversaries and treat them with respect, but show your enemies no quarter. Go get ‘im!
Listen carefully to your adversaries and treat them with respect, but show your enemies no quarter. Go get ‘im!
Well done, R.S. I hope Bachmann pursues legal action as well. She has the actual malice requirement covered, as you point out.
Well done, R.S. I hope Bachmann pursues legal action as well. She has the actual malice requirement covered, as you point out.
Well done, R.S. I hope Bachmann pursues legal action as well. She has the actual malice requirement covered, as you point out.
Well done, R.S. I hope Bachmann pursues legal action as well. She has the actual malice requirement covered, as you point out.