Interestingly enough, the picture chosen to illustrate the nefarious copyright troll is a satirical cartoon attacking someone who probably be held in much greater esteem by the average Boinger.
It’s an attack on Charles Bradlaugh, noted 19th century freethinker, secularist, contraception pioneer and promoter of universal suffrage. This earned him this charming caricature by Punch magazine.
When he was elected to parliament by the people of Northampton, he was barred from taking his seat when he refused to take the religious oath of allegiance, asking instead to affirm, as was allowed in court. Parliament refused and ordered a by-election. Which he won. So they barred him again.
He went on to win a further four elections in quick succession before parliament relented.
