Friday, January 21, 2005
The big U
Volokh points to a california statute which makes the words "University of California" and any of its abreviations property of the state.
This is a re a controversy about web site darksideofucsb.com.
I guess it's time to go burn my "University of California at Boulder" shirt.
After all, the shirt is a parody of Boulder, not of the _niversity of _alifornia,
so would not be protected by the two-bit parody rule. (pretty woman case, luther campbell.) If the letters UCSB, UC, and U are state property, this puts a new spin on Cohen v. California. Or vice versa; the site could argue that Cohen held that the letters UC are constitutionally protected speech. Meanwhile, canadians with .ca domains better watch out.
Volokh points to a california statute which makes the words "University of California" and any of its abreviations property of the state.
This is a re a controversy about web site darksideofucsb.com.
I guess it's time to go burn my "University of California at Boulder" shirt.
After all, the shirt is a parody of Boulder, not of the _niversity of _alifornia,
so would not be protected by the two-bit parody rule. (pretty woman case, luther campbell.) If the letters UCSB, UC, and U are state property, this puts a new spin on Cohen v. California. Or vice versa; the site could argue that Cohen held that the letters UC are constitutionally protected speech. Meanwhile, canadians with .ca domains better watch out.
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