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Nintendo Threatens Suicidegirls Over IP Use

Posted by Zonk on from the my-personal-preferences-should-not-threaten-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Suicidegirls (a not safe for work adult community) posted a nasty letter they received from Nintendo demanding they remove a member's page on their site because the member listed Metroid and Zelda as their favorite video games." Update: 10/28 02:49 GMT by Z : BoingBoing has an update to the story (probably where the reader saw it in the first place), saying the law firm that represents Nintendo Seattle is looking into it.

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  1. Well, clearly Nintendo is crazy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And that made sort of mis... wait, girls? BOOBIES!!!! This may be the first Slashdot article I ever follow the links on.

    1. Re:Well, clearly Nintendo is crazy by ArbitraryConstant · · Score: 5, Funny

      No chance of intelligent conversation in this thread. At all.

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    2. Re:Well, clearly Nintendo is crazy by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny
      Coincidentally, they advertise on the front page of /. In "MarketPlace Links" on the right.
      SuicideGirls
      The online Men's Magazine for Geeks.

      What suicide has to do with geeks, I don't know. Perhaps it's what the girls do after dating one?
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    3. Re:Well, clearly Nintendo is crazy by HangingChad · · Score: 5, Funny
      No chance of intelligent conversation in this thread. At all.

      You say that like it's a bad thing.

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    4. Re:Well, clearly Nintendo is crazy by milkman_matt · · Score: 5, Funny

      No chance of intelligent conversation in this thread. At all.

      You say that like it's a bad thing.

      Or uncommon :)

      -matt

  2. Oops by cuteseal · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how many members they "lost" over the incident... :)

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    1. Re:Oops by WhatsAProGingrass · · Score: 5, Funny

      I wonder how many members they gained over this incident. ha ha.

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  3. wait a minute... by iocat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just how did anyone at Nintendo discover this? A little non-work-safe surfing?

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    1. Re:wait a minute... by MisanthropicProgram · · Score: 5, Funny
      What an excuse to tell your boss when you get caught surfing porn at work.

      "But boss, I was looking for our company's name being mentioned on these sites!"

  4. This could be a great thing for SG by djblair · · Score: 5, Funny

    Their membership is gonna increase 1000% once Slashdot geeks get a look at these girls!

    (I'm a member and love the site!)
    http://suicidegirls.com/members/djblair/

    -DJ

  5. Re:To Insane Levels by Jaysyn · · Score: 5, Funny

    What I want to know is exactly how their argument is going to go.

    Nintenlawyer: "Your honor, the defendants like our games enough to tell that fact to other people."

    Da Judge: Um, ok. I hope you have a point somewhere around here.

    Jaysyn

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  6. Nice excuse by Zebedeu · · Score: 5, Funny

    At Nintendo:
    [Boss walks into a worker's cubicle...]
    -Hi anderson, I was just.. whhaa?!? Are you browsing porn in the workplace?
    -Uhh no, you see, [looks at screen, sweating all over] these pervert weirdoes are abusing our company's copyright!
    -You're right! Launch every lawyer! For great justice!

  7. WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE DOING?!?!?!? by Rary · · Score: 5, Funny
    Who posted this article?! Isn't there a law somewhere against slashdotting a pr0n site?! Well, there should be.

    For the love of god and all that's holy, don't do that again!!!

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  8. Re:Simple Explanation by JVert · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yea we wouldn't want SuicideGirls and Nintendo getting mixed up by the search engines.

  9. Re:Suicide Girls at Powell's bookstore by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Suicide Girls was developed to be a celbration of attitude of young women rather than specifically providing a visual stimulation for male sexual climax.

    You do realize most of us lost our "virginity" to the women's underwear section of a Sears catalog.

  10. Re:Suicide Girls at Powell's bookstore by Drakonian · · Score: 5, Funny
    The Suicide Girls concept is about sharing the self-actualization of women in Portland's post-punk subculture.

    John Katz? Is that you?

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