Misirlou
posted by max on January 11, 2007 at 07:02:53 PM
Well folks, it's that time of year again.
Sega is trying to take away your first amendment rights to make fun of their furry little characters.
Read the full legal notice here: www.ytmnd.com/info/legal/sonic.pdf
I think the best part about the letter is the footer on the lawyer's email:
My legal assistant DZK has already penned up a response available here: http://ytmndsega.ytmnsfw.com/.
I am looking into it further, in the mean time, feel free to let Sega know how much you all appreciate them shitting on their target audience.
Cheers!
Sega is trying to take away your first amendment rights to make fun of their furry little characters.
Read the full legal notice here: www.ytmnd.com/info/legal/sonic.pdf
I think the best part about the letter is the footer on the lawyer's email:
My legal assistant DZK has already penned up a response available here: http://ytmndsega.ytmnsfw.com/.
I am looking into it further, in the mean time, feel free to let Sega know how much you all appreciate them shitting on their target audience.
Cheers!
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GIMMICK ACCOUNT SUCCESS: today a user pmed me by mistake with his gimmick account. i told him if he didnt delete all his votes or simply delete the dupe account i'd tell everyone who his 'normal' ego was on here. he opted for the former. save it to say, http://ytmnd.com/users/TheAngryNintendoNerd (based not on one catchphrase but his entire character) has put his account in the deletion queue.
Looks like the folks in the east are going to be in for one hell of a rude awakening. Now, I know for a fact that this doesn't pertain to us, nor is it our beeswax, but if anyone gets their right to tease the hell out of the system, then dammit, I'll have none of it! I wonder what's going to happen to the European ytmnders, now that Sega just f*cked them over?
Gee, a company getting upset that their mascot is being used in connection (in any way, shape, or form) with rape. No, I wouldn't expect them to be bothered by that... Keep in mind people, "fair use" is not a 1st Amendment umbrella that lets you do whatever you want with someone's else's copyrighted materials. Sega may have a very valid claim here. Their demands, however, are excessive and nonsensical, and would likely be defeated if max and dzk were to argue their merits in front of a judge.
In today's YTMND news, Max deleted DeeDeeDeer. Meanwhile, Flavor-Flav, Hulk-Hogan, CHUCKHATER3000, Punisher, kwsn, thePlease, and dozens of other gimmic comment-f*ggot-downvote-abusive users continue to flourish on the site. So, hurray, one f*ggot deleted, while in the last 12 hours 40 new ones popped up. Sorry to say, but deleting one f*ggot every two weeks isn't going to help the site. But whatcha gonna do brother?
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Apparantly, the good people at SEGA of Europe have no concept of "parody" or "satire". Even though the YTMND in question is kind of lewd, it's still satire, and is therefore perfectly legal in the US. Besides, the "That's No Good" meme has been around for probably 2 or 3 years.
This bullsh*t makes me not want to be a Sonic fan anymore. So congratualtions, SEGA of Europe. You've just lost a once-loyal member of your mascot's fanbase. Have a nice life. t('_'t)
to be honest, they are not violating your so called backwards american first amendment. They have every right to take legal actions against YTMND. If you guys knew anything about corporations, you would know that the 14th amendment was used to classify a corporation a person. So in otherwords, you can be sued for deframation and for libel and defamation. So YTMND is clearly in ther wrong.
... Ya know, I am a really big fan of Sonic, and sonic team, and so forth, but this... this is complete and utter BULLSH*T. I've lost all respect for them now. AND on top of that, they want ownership of the whole damn SITE!? I hate it when big companies hide behind a legal system, but that seems to be all they are good for...
24 spoils itself. Jack Bauer goes to the family's house. Meaning: Jack Bauer will save the kid. Jack Bauer is not on the raid of the warehouse. Meaning: The raid will fail. I called it before they went in and sure enough, as the main character goes, so goes the plot. Next week's episode should be good because Jack is turning into Radioactive Man and he'll fly around solving crimes. Should be fun.
Eric bauman must be lauging at us from his 24K SOLID gold hottub, lined with emeralds, rubies and diamonds, at how much legal trouble YTMND is getting into over this. Mr. Baumans faithful team of lawyers made the internet his bitch...
Just a thought, find EVERY sonic fad, and put the ebaumsworld watermark on them. That will turn the tides for sure!!!!
Heather, I agree with you on many parts. This site is filled with morons(only the downvoters and ignorant 12-yr olds not all 12-yr olds, just the dumb ones.), "forum-raiding" does do harm to our reputation, and SEGA's only important character is Sonic the Hedgehog.
I agree with my other YTMNDers in that vengence must be taken by us against SEGA. I know they didn't do anything per se, but in that they are a little childish is whats annoying. Now, I may only be 16 but I agree with you on most points.
I just hope that my fellow YTMNDers don't label me as a "Max-hater". I honor our Grand Moderator. I just think that my fellow Internet warriors and some of you people are taking this a tad out of hand. If done right, this whole incident will blow over and we can look back on this and say "lol, funny". I love Sonic, but this move by SEGA of Europe is a tad extreme.
As for the downvoter and ignorant little kid problem, I'm pretty sure it will be taken care of as soon as YTMND gets some major overhauls in the moderation department. YTMND is getting a surge of popularity which is both for the better and for the worse, but even though YTMND is under the public eye, I think that at least some of it will wear off pretty soon, and it's back to upvotes and drunken teksoqp parties for all! ^_^
Good lord you guys are spammers! I just wonder if Sega is really going to take legal action, you know? I've seen this happen so many times online, where some big corporation threatens a website because they are either A) bored, B) jerks, C) broke and in need of publicity and money, or D) all of the above. Normally nothing really comes of it. But regardless, I'd rather spare the old and not very entertaining Sonic sites here to make sure the rest of the site stays intact.
Heh, sorry, am I one of them? Anyway, yeah, there's always the possibility that Sega was just bored and was looking for someone to threaten to possibly get some money, but just in case, we YTMNDers are just discussing it and crap, since you never know. I'm mostly sure this will just blow over. I mean, it doesn't really look like YTMND will shut down, will it? If there was an actual threat, YTMND would be twice as worried as it is now. But since you never know, we're all just discussing it, yeah.
I think sometimes I turn to YTMND to fulfill the emptiness in my family since dad moved out. It's like I have no one to talk to, and when I see someone whose handle I recognize 5-ing the same sites as me, it's almost like we're hanging out together watching YTMNDs. It's almost like I have a real friend. Without the community here, sometimes I think I'd lose it.
But I've heard of this place where you start meeting people and forming adult relationships. It's called "college" but I don't think mom can afford it on her nurses salary. Maybe I should spend more time on my physics homework and less time on the internets... maybe I could even get a scholarship. Or a job, I could get a job and afford precious lunchables and manga.
I think it was because of that time when we tied him up and peed on him on the gravel track behind the school... there was a light rain that day and my t-shirt was sticking to my inverted chest. I didn't want to do it but I kind of felt pressured because Gary was there, and sometimes... sometimes I think I might like him more than a friend so I didn't want to look like a f*cking f*ggot.
Dude is anyone else watching "13 going on 30" right now, this movie is freaking awesome... not as awesome as The OC but then again, what could be? Oh that reminds me I have an alternate universe to start. I like when movies have lots of 80s music on 80s night... gets me in the mood while I pregame with crystal meth and Johnny Walker. YEAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHA srsly kids don't do drugs, you'll end up with a side ponytail.