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Google Asks Booble To Cease And Desist

Posted by simoniker on from the toodle-oo dept.

cosmodemonic writes "The folks at Search Engine Journal have the low-down on a cease and desist order that Google has sent to the porn search engine/Google parody Booble. It seems that, although Booble is claiming to be a parody (which is protected under law), Google is flexing its muscle because of the marketability of the parody." Search Engine Journal makes the reasonable suggestion: "Recent rulings may favor Google in the case, since Booble may be trying to profit from the marketability of the parody."

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  1. Can't Beat 'em, don't wanna buy them... by Bandman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope Google adds this to their search features. Who wouldn't want to harness the power of Google for searching pr0n?

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    1. Re:Can't Beat 'em, don't wanna buy them... by bryhhh · · Score: 5, Funny

      You've not used the image search with safesearch switched off then?

  2. If this is the law now... by Karl+Cocknozzle · · Score: 4, Funny
    Recent rulings may favor Google in the case, since Booble may be trying to profit from the marketability of the parody.
    ...Then we'll have to give "Weird Al" Yankovic the electric chair.

    Shame, I liked Even Worse a lot when I was a boy...
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    1. Re:If this is the law now... by mav[LAG] · · Score: 4, Funny

      My favourite Weird Al quote of all time (from here):

      Q: Hey Al!!!!! What do u think about Napster? I just want to know if you approve.

      A: I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I'm concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career. On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!!!!!

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  3. Bummer. by inode_buddha · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pun intended. See topic.

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  4. I'm feeling Lucky by bryhhh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why is there no 'I'm feeling Horny' button.

  5. No permanent slashdot link? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A search engine, like google, but that finds porn? Why is there no permanent link to this from the slashdot main page?

  6. heh by Mr_Silver · · Score: 4, Funny
    I liked the comment at the bottom of the Booble page:
    Booble.com is not affiliated with any other search engines (for starters, we have a sense of humor).
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  7. I think they're on solid ground here. by pleasetryanotherchoi · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the marketability of the parody

    IWTKAL, but I think Booble is on pretty solid ground here. This is clearly, clearly a parody site (in fact, it's pretty bad parody if you ask me) and nowhere near functional.

    I mean geez, a porn search engine that doesn't return any hits for "Jenna Haze," "Cherry Rain," or "Belladonna" is a long way from "marketable."

  8. We put the Spring in Springfield by irokie · · Score: 4, Funny

    To shut it down sure would be twisted
    We just learned this place existed...

    The Simpsons has an answer for everything

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  9. Re:Good riddance anyway by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    (Uh, hope my supervisor doesn't read slashdot too much...)

    Why?

    Afraid he might get ideas?