Communist Party sues Democrats on platform theft

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

If you go to the link you'll find it's not a news article, it's an opinion piece.

A quick visit to the CPUSA website shows that their "featured" and most recent press release is dated March 2008. If they had a press conference to announce a lawsuit against the Democratic party over platform theft I think it would be prominently noted there. It's not.

Noted. Thanks.

However, there certainly are quite a few paralels.

(How a lawsuit could be brought on these grounds was a-bit beyond my comprehension.
You can't think that way, because I thought that way first?!?! Absurd!)

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by Snestorm

How a lawsuit could be brought on these grounds was a bit beyond my comprehension.
You can't think that way, because I thought that way first?!?! Absurd!

I get where you're coming from, but it isn't that absurd. Copyright law concerning intellectual property does that all the time. It's a good thing (Martha Stewart hasn't copyrighted that phrase, right?)

Ok, seriously now, copyright protection gives innovators a reason to innovate. Without it, there is little promise of profit from their efforts. It doesn't work perfectly, as any disappointed child who receives a knockoff of their favorite movie, game, or book can attest, but it works pretty well.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Snestorm

You can't think that way, because I thought that way first?!?! Absurd!)

In most states there are very few limitations on whether you can sue someone or not. This is why our courts are full of frivolous lawsuites.

This is a non-story until they can successfully sue the Democratic Party.

I don't think you can win based on the claim that one party "stole" the platform of another party.

Now if there was a trademark violation, this would have merit.