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• 1 - san

  Mar 23, 2003 at 11:10 pm

  You must be studying copyright law there at KU.

• 2 - Bobby A-G

  Mar 23, 2003 at 11:17 pm

  Is this a copyright violation? If so, I'll remove it ASAP...
  

• 3 - Eric Olsen

  Mar 23, 2003 at 11:19 pm

  B, leave it up dude, it's classic. Thanks!

• 4 - san

  Mar 23, 2003 at 11:33 pm

  Bobby, technically the broadcast is copyright by the AMPAS, so you can't distribute a recording of any portion of it. But you could add a comment about Moore's acceptance speech to your post and then call it fair use.
  
  Or, you could just leave it up the way it is. I seriously doubt the AMPAS is going to be tracking you down. I was just giving you hell.

• 5 - Mike

  Mar 24, 2003 at 2:24 am

  I guess you forgot to mention that everyone at the Oscars had signed a waiver saying they wouldn't mention the war during the ceremony.
  
  I'm thinking that was the reason for the booing.
  
  And I'm led even more so to think that because people cheered when he mentioned the election, and the illegitmacy of the president.
  
  No one booed (except for one person, who was booing quite loudly, perhaps Kelsey Grammar) until the war talk started. I'm guessing that rubbed a few people the wrong way, since mostly everyone was looking forward to an evening away from the terrible thoughts of the war.
  
  
  Either way, you can't say Mr. Moore leaves this with egg on his face. He's just recieved more publicity (and as they said in Chicago, no publicity is bad publicity) than he could have ever dreamed of. And at the end of the day, he's still got the #1 non-fiction book of 2002 and the most successful (both financially and critically) documentary of all time under his belt. Not bad I'd say.
  
  And by the way, I'm pretty sure he meant "fiction" and not "fictition". Next time you're giving an acceptance speech at the Oscars, let's see how articulate you are, eh?

• 6 - Bobby A-G

  Mar 24, 2003 at 2:36 am

  The spin begins...
  
  

• 7 - Mike

  Mar 24, 2003 at 2:39 am

  I report, you decide.

• 8 - Mike

  Mar 24, 2003 at 4:49 am

  http://www.oscar.com/oscarnight/winners/win_32297.html
  
  interesting post-ceremony video on the left

• 9 - san

  Mar 24, 2003 at 8:39 am

  Mike, I believe it was the host and presenters that were required to sign waivers promising they wouldn't mention the war during the show. I remember hearing something from an AMPAS spokesman saying that as far as award recipients went, it was their time and they could say what they liked.
  
  That being said, I was rather proud of Moore for receiving the award with all the other nominees in his category and standing united against the war. And though some did boo, many clapped and cheered.