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Penny Arcade vs. American Greetings Revisited

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the your-right-to-parody-is-void dept.

Jojo writes "After American Greetings got some lawyers to bring down a Penny Arcade strip (M i r r o r) last week, PA is now striking back.. IANAL, but I fear their latest strip might get them into real trouble this time." As always, PA cracks me up, but these are scary events. The banned strip is clearly a work of parody, which I believe is still legal in this country, unless that too changed recently.

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  1. Admirable pluck... by TopShelf · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least they have a smile on their face as they get bent over...

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  2. American Greetings.. by grub · · Score: 4, Funny


    "American Greetings.. you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." sorry.. watched Star Wars last night.

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  3. Re:Opposite feeling by Jackazz · · Score: 4, Funny
    What if there was a character named Pizza the Hut?

    Gabe and Tycho surely don't want Pizza to send out for them!

  4. Re:Clearly Parody, But.... by billnapier · · Score: 4, Funny

    They are going to get the biggest lawsuit once "America Greeting" hears about this...

  5. Re:How to fight lawsuit abuse in general by smoondog · · Score: 5, Funny

    But strawberry shortcake isn't a tort, its a cake!

    Ohhhhhh, tort, torte, I see....

    -Sean

  6. Re:Bah by ryanvm · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not funny. Violates the cardinal principle of comics.

    I think the author of Family Circus would like to have a word with you.

  7. Re:Opposite feeling by ktakki · · Score: 3, Funny
    Damn. Isn't that a sign of the apocalypse?

    You're confusing them with the Four Teletubbies of the Apocalypse.

    I am become Tinky-Wink, destroyer of worlds.

    Sorry.

    k.
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  8. Amer. Grtngs: P.A. Series by A_Non_Moose · · Score: 5, Funny

    You sent us a Greeting
    That said Cease and Desist
    So we give you "The Finger (TM)"
    (we couldn't resist)

    The "Red Bitch" has been mirrored
    Like DeCSS
    We just thought we'd share
    (or is it confess)
    .
    .
    .
    . /open cover to greeting card
    .
    .
    .
    .
    Fuck You

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  9. This has also happened to Nmap ... AG must chill by fv · · Score: 3, Funny
    I can understand how American Greetings could be a little uncomfortable about imagery of Plum Pudding getting her ass smacked by Strawberri Shortcake, but they need to chill out. A while back someone took my Nmap Security Scanner and created cartoonish parody that is 100 times more disgusting and offensive!

    Yet I didn't sue. I just got a chuckle at the sick mind who would create such a thing! AG should take note.

    -Fyodor
    Concerned about your network security? Try the free Nmap Security Scanner. Version 3.27 was released today