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1. tudza

   Really, everything in the item posted would pass except the use of Oprah. By including his own koala artwork, he’s just confusing things.

2. Mike Peterson

   The jet ski pic, Jesus pic and the space pic could also be copyrighted, though the space pic is probably NASA and thus public domain — assuming it wasn’t cropped, colored or otherwise altered by someone in between who could then claim it.
   Not sure that pissing off Oprah wouldn’t be sufficient, anyway, although, if you really wanted to score the cease-and-desist trifecta, you’d have Mickey Mouse and the Cat in the Hat waving a set of Olympic rings.
   But Oprah would probably do.
   Monsanto is probably looking for a way to trademark “oatmeal,” but I don’t think they’ve succeeded yet.

3. Mike Peterson

   (Another thought — he’s actually CLARIFYING it by including his own work, because his point is that SOPA goes after more than the commercially motivated pirates that the movie and music industries claim they want targeted. If you, for instance, posted a video of your wedding and it included your sister singing “You Light Up My Life,” that could be considered piracy, unless you had paid for use of the song in the video. Yes, even her off-key cover version would be a violation. And that’s where the barbecued kittens come in.)