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# He's crazy...
mod edit: linked for a minute while I worry a bit
(The Asshole Formerly Known as George F Train GHOST WOLF FUCK WASHER, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:12, archived)
# SURE IS
Noon all
(I helped save b3ta! McBadger COW, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:13, archived)
# Ummm
Haven't we stopped this now?
(I helped save b3ta! shrinking man Been away a while, time I ventured back, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:14, archived)
# we don't stop
we just get bored
(I helped save b3ta! Jenk Neptune is a pedant and now I can't fit my sig in, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:15, archived)
# Not until we get a new compo I expect.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:16, archived)
# Take down?
As the case is being heard in the USA (under DMCA) and their law allows for parody (unlike the UK); what is there to fear?

A comment in El Reg has an idea - re-run the compo but with copyright-free images (personal pics of the twunt, hand-drawn images of the cock etc)
(SpangleDangle >->)))'>, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:17, archived)
# If you blank out his eyes, there isn't a way to actually prove the identity apparently.
We could claim to have reproduced the image with a lookalike or such like, and there is no legal way to prove otherwise (or so I've been told)

It's essentially the same as blurring the face, identity is removed and so is the right to claim it.


Apparently =]
(I helped save b3ta! MrPineapple .co.uk - TSHIRTS FOR SALE. I GIVE YOU GOOD PRICE., Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:20, archived)
# hand drawn images work as he couldn't touch my cartoon

I win...you lot lost
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:31, archived)
# Eh?
In recent months Prince has stomped on Pirate Bay, an 18-month-old baby having a boogie to one of his songs on YouTube and three of his most popular unauthorised fan websites.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:32, archived)
# Yes
Prince made all babies - didn't you know that?
(SpangleDangle >->)))'>, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:37, archived)
# I highly doubt
he'll manage to "stomp" on the Pirate Bay. The only lawsuit they're going to even consider is the one he's registering in Sweden, and even then they're only likely to turn up to watch his lawyers laughed out of court.

The Pirate Bay are iron-clad.
(I helped save b3ta! Kerrisis There's someone in my head, but it's not me., Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:39, archived)
# did you get permission
to use that image hmm? well?
(I helped save b3ta! op op op op op I stink therfore I spam, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:15, archived)
# I hope
The web sheriff doesnt hunt me down...
(The Asshole Formerly Known as George F Train GHOST WOLF FUCK WASHER, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:19, archived)
# hehe!
dont worry, I heard he is american, just hide in a fucking cave...
(I helped save b3ta! op op op op op I stink therfore I spam, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:24, archived)
# bored now!
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:16, archived)
# Now?
I was think it's a shame I Prince hadn't set the web sherrif on us several days earlier
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:18, archived)
# true
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:19, archived)
# Some of the best images came shortly after the emails started appearing
But it didn't last forever, I think people are losing sight of the fact that it doesn't make it instantly funny to use a Prince image.

It's in the same league as using "crack", "cheese" and "monkey" to attempt a comedy effect for no reason.
(I helped save b3ta! MrPineapple .co.uk - TSHIRTS FOR SALE. I GIVE YOU GOOD PRICE., Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:23, archived)
# there weren't any good images..it was a shit comp

maybe now they'll stop doing celebrity challenges

[I doubt it though]
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:29, archived)
# The celebrity ones do bore me a fair bit
Thats why I'm hoping for A in the image challenge =]

Never mind. On refresh I was faced with a mild disappointment =[
(I helped save b3ta! MrPineapple .co.uk - TSHIRTS FOR SALE. I GIVE YOU GOOD PRICE., Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:33, archived)
# Why are people pushing this?
It's done, fuinished with.

If you want to see B3ta shut down, and Rob out on his ear sleeping in a box carry on...
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:24, archived)
# Never happen
USA law allows for parody

Or rob can just kick the offenders I guess.
(SpangleDangle >->)))'>, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:27, archived)
# so everyone keeps saying
but I haven't seen a lawyer say this yet.

But then I'm sure everyone will be willing to pay the legal expenses
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:28, archived)
# Hmm
The EFF could be called upon I guess, and I am sure stalwart b3tans would help raise a "fighting fund"

Then you have to think of the TV angle "Attack of the Dark Prince" or something. Could be a nice wee earner that.

As for lawyers saying stuff, all I've seen said is that the UK doesn't allow for parody/satire with regards to copyright. So if the lawyers had used UK law to bring the takedown, they would deffo have been on to something.
(SpangleDangle >->)))'>, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:33, archived)
# An EFF source
Took a few mins to find....
arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070322-dmca-takedown-backlash-eff-sues-viacom-over-colbert-parody-clip.html

'The video does contain clips from "The Colbert Report," but the EFF argues that these qualify as fair use, since parody has a well-recognized copyright exemption.'

HTH!
(SpangleDangle >->)))'>, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:40, archived)