Miss Universe pageant files DMCA takedown notice to National Organization for Marriage
Earlier this week, I reported that the National Organization for Marriage would fight back against Perez Hilton’s copyright demands that the organization stop using a clip from his vlog — one in which he calls Miss California a “dumb bitch.”
Well now their fight got even more complicated. The Miss Universe Pageant has filed a takedown request of its own:
The Miss Universe Organization just told us they’ve fired off a cease and desist letter to the National Organization for Marriage — after NOM used footage from the Miss USA 2009 pageant in an anti-gay marriage commercial.
The commercial — which is currently still playing on NOM’s website — uses Carrie Prejean’s pageant response to the gay marriage question as a selling point for the ad.
This doesn’t mean the MUO is taking sides on the issue — just saying NOM can’t use the copyrighted material to promote their agenda.
