Copyright Used to Censor Enbridge Pipeline Satirical Criticism

A cartoonist is currently witnessing what is commonly referred to as the Streisand effect. Over the last week, a cartoonist released a satirical criticism of the Enbridge pipeline advertisement. At one point, the news site that ran the video was forced to take the video down after a complaint about copyright. The video has since been reposted. The Pirate Party of Canada alerted us to this development in a recent press release. The CBC ran a story about Dan Murphy and his parody of an advertisement by Enbridge.

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Copyright Used to Censor Enbridge Pipeline Satirical Criticism

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