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Penny Arcade vs. American Greetings
ferrocene writes "Penny Arcade's American Mcgee/Strawberry Shortcake spoof posted last Monday was pulled because someone at American Greetings got wind of it and set their lawyers on them. PA's forums are abuzz with activity. I'm pro-funny, myself."
Think of the children. Won't somebody PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!?! Obviously, web comics support terrism.
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Well, I've been reading the forum(Powered by Vbulletin(TM), and I'm so upset I got dizzy. I couldn't feel better at all until I had a cool, refreshing drink of Pepsi(TM) and had a seat in my La-Z-Boy(TM) adjustable recliner. Remember, we belong to corporations. They own words in our language now, and there's nothing you can do about it unless you want to fly on a Boeing(TM) jetliner out of the country.
grade school blackboard drawing of humping stick figures labeled "principal" and "teacher". Anybody who finds that "funny" needs to see a lawyer themselves
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... oh wait
percevied by potential customers
Yes, I'm sure every 6 year old child dragging her mom thru Toys'R'us will now be saying, "Don't buy me THAT mommy - her manufacturer supresses free speech by threatening to persecute adult parodies of it on the web!"
Gee, I never would have paid it no mind, but now I have to d/l a copy, burn it on several CD's and put it by my copy of deCSS, cellphone enabled scanner and drug paraphernalia.
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I just wish I could have seen the look on Mastercards' lawyers' faces when they read that reply. *grumble* "Smartass motherfucker" *grumble*
Good thing this didn't happen at the beginning of Feb. then, because I somehow doubt a /. boycott will make a dent in Valentines day card sales.
rinda.vas@amgreetings.com doesn't care about that.
rinda.vas@amgreetings.com is a corporate whore who cares about protecting a trade mark.
rinda.vas@amgreetings.com is going to get an absolute shitload of spam and I'm happy about that.
...giving anything at all a big fanged grin and some pseudo-bondage chic will make it entertaining.
Works over here.
This is of course a false belief, similar to the belief (popular in Asia and, I'm told, elsewhere) that giving something cat ears, a cat tail, and enormous big eyes makes it automatically entertaining.
Cats are so hot.
why run from Vincenzo?
You're part of the noise, genius.
why run from Vincenzo?
The jackass who runs PennyArcade is a complete moron, and the little comic strips they do look like utter SHIT. My fucking 9 year-old cousin can do better. It would be no great loss if the whole worthless fucking site went under.
Sure, but he plays videogames and draws cartoons for a living, while you whine about him doing it on slashdot.
Seems one of you is a luser...
I'll let you figure out wich one.
"First lesson," Jon said. "Stick them with the pointy end."
Wow...a boycott by a general population of 18-49 males of a product targeted towards 6 year old girls...that'll show them! Power to the people!
You didn't get the memo? There is no more fair use for anything electronic any more.
I guess he was too busy putting the new coversheet on his TPS reports...
Mechanik
Dear American Greetings,
In response to your actions regarding the removal of a web comic done by Penny Arcade, our sales have quadrupled!
I mean, check this out, we're raking it in! We havent seen this much money since Chirstmas 1999 when everyone thought it was the last one before the Apocolypse of 2000! Just this morning our Executive Accountant came in here and told us we should remodel our entire office and buy a new company jet! I mean, wow guys, you really pissed quite a few blokes off this time! We even got to fire our entire card writing division seeing as no one cares what they say anymore, because they buy them just to spite you!
Oh, and one more thing, that was a better picture of Strawberry Shortcake than your artists ever drew.
Pitched my tent more than the company bikini party, I'll tell you that.
Enclosed is a check for 100 dollars, pay your lawyers to piss someone else off, my secretary needs a new set of boobs!
Your Best Friend Ever,
CEO of Hallmark.
This is my sig. Its pathetic.
Of course if PA wants to do a real parody, they need to do one about "American McGreetings"! Parody the strip, changing the one on top into a lawyer, and (heh heh) the one on bottom into Gabe and/or Tycho!
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Pan of child vigiourously tugging mom through toy department. [mom looks haggard.]
.. we're going to be late.'
.. thank-you.
Mom: 'Honey, just pick something out
Child: 'It has to be just right mommy, It susie's birthday, its important.' [earnest child psudo-whine voice.]
Mom: 'How about this one?' Picking up Strawberry Shortcake Doll
Child: (looking stern) 'Now mommy, we can't buy HER , her manufacturer supresses free speech by threatening to persecute adult parodies of it on the web!'
[Jerking record sound, freeze frame on the kid looking reproachful.]
Announcer: Are your children more concerned with their civil rigths than you are ? Make a difference, donate to the EFF. We're looking out for you.
*bows* thank-you
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Comic Book Guy: "Oh, a sarcasm detector. That's a really useful invention."
(sarcasm detector explodes from overload)
i wonder if Hallmark has a card for this?
"Sorry you're getting harassed by some dumb company's legal department."
maybe with a picture of a cute little kid being abused or something.
The forums at PA makes /. looks like a collection of rocket scientists.
Really, I know what I'm doing...Ohhhh, look at the shiny buttons!
It wasn't very nice of you to put rinda.vas@amgreetings.com in your post so many times.
Does putting an email address such as " rinda.vas@amgreetings.com " on a page repeatedly actually increase the chances of someone getting spam?
What American Greetings needs is to get no more sales of their crappy games ever again
Uhmm.. American McGee sells games. American Greetings sells greeting cards.
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