Monday, July 05, 2004
AP seems confused about who really owns the White House domain
Here's a little story of the entrepreneurial spirit crushed by the heavy hand of government interference:
Well.
To begin with, surely www.whitehouse.gov is not Bush's site, but the American people's?
And who could possibly confuse the White House site with a pornography site? Unless, of course, Bush posted his personal collection of Abu Ghraib photos.
Or his goat album.
The Whitehouse.com pornography Web site, which poked fun at its government namesake with parody sections about first ladies and interns, has been stripped of all political references.
Its owner, Dan Parisi of New York, agreed to the changes to comply with a recent ruling by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office indicating his Web site may potentially win a trademark for "Whitehouse" - but only if he took steps to make sure visitors to his pornography site don't believe it was associated with President Bush's site, www.whitehouse.gov.
(via AP)
Well.
To begin with, surely www.whitehouse.gov is not Bush's site, but the American people's?
And who could possibly confuse the White House site with a pornography site? Unless, of course, Bush posted his personal collection of Abu Ghraib photos.
Or his goat album.