Obama Campaign Unlawfully Misuses Proprietary Firearms Industry Media List

Barack Obama's campaign has some splaining to do! Heh David Axelrod, what say you?

NEWTOWN, Conn. – The Obama campaign in Indiana, on September 27, unlawfully obtained and made unauthorized use of a proprietary media list belonging to the National Shooting

Sports Foundation (NSSF) – the trade association for the firearms industry. Sen. Obama used this list to e-mail a press release concerning National Hunting and Fishing Day.

Earlier today, NSSF sent a "cease and desist" letter to the Obama campaign demanding that they immediately stop any further unauthorized misuse of its proprietary media list.[...]

NSSF's letter also demands that the Obama campaign destroy all copies of the list, identify how they obtained the list and pay monetary damages to NSSF for its misappropriation and unauthorized use of the association's intellectual property. NSSF demanded an immediate response from the Obama campaign and has threatened to file a lawsuit against the campaign if its demands are not met.

"NSSF will not sit idly by while its legal rights are harmed, particularly for partisan political gain," said NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Lawrence G. Keane.
NSSF is also encouraging all sportsmen and gun-owners to visit the NSSF Voter Education Web-site and educate themselves about the candidates' records and positions on issues important to them in this election.

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