Mr. Spocko

Mr. Spocko created and runs a blog, Spocko's Brain. He launched an educational campaign against the ABC/Disney radio station KSFO and used audio clips to inform advertisers about the violent rhetoric directed toward journalists, Democrats, liberals and Muslims coming from the station’s talk radio hosts. In January 2007, ABC Radio/Disney shut the blog down, claiming copyright infringement. But with the help of the blogosphere and the legal support of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Mr. Spocko restarted his blog and fought the infringement claim through the fair use doctrine. By the end of the campaign, KSFO had lost 28 advertisers, the story of their heavy-handed response to criticism had spread internationally, and one radio host's contract was not renewed for "financial reasons."