Former Congressman Learns About Streisand Effect

corbettw writes "Ted Alvin Klaudt, a former South Dakota lawmaker convicted of raping his two foster daughters, has sent news organizations what he claims is a copyright notice that seeks to prevent the use of his name without his consent." The story says Klaudt maintains "no one can use his name without his consent, and anyone who does would owe him $500,000."

Comments

Fair Use?

[EraserMouseMan]

I wonder how many times he used the foster girls without their permission.

Re:Fair Use?

[Tetsujin]

I wonder how many times he used the foster girls without their permission.

Well, I think his line of defense there has been that the girls laughed at his penis: therefore the entire act falls into the "parody" category.

Re:Fair Use?

[megamerican]

While in office, he co-sponsored several bills that took aim at sex offenders,

Ted Alvin Klaudt was simply thinking of the children by making sure no one like him would be around them, ever. That's what is known as a compassionate conservative.

Re:Fair Use?

[selven]

I find it hard to imagine that they're now suffering anything close to the way in which being locked in a 3*3*2 meter cage for half the day is suffering. 44 years is way more than I would give even for a double murder.

Re:Fair Use?

[OakDragon]

if he wanted less time, less rape would have been a better plan

Yes, but who's got time to think about that when you're busy raping?

An idea

[enderjsv]

Can I legally change my name to "The".

Re:An idea

[langelgjm]

That'll be $1 million, please.

Re:An idea

[Idiomatick]

I copyrighted punctuation to piss of the grammar Nazis. Unfortunately, the value has been dropping ever since the advent of the internet. :(

Re: Lawyer in a Can

[enderjsv]

The south? I kid. I kid.

Who is this Ted Alvin Klaudt?

[Anonymous Coward]

I've never heard of Ted Alvin Klaudt before, but it sounds like Ted Alvin Klaudt is a grade A jerk. Who does Ted Alvin Klaudt think Ted Alvin Klaudt is to try to claim copyright on Ted Alvin Klaudt's name? I can't wait to see Ted Alvin Klaudt get slapped down for trying to copyright Ted Alvin Klaudt. ...Ted Alvin Klaudt.

Re:Who is this Ted Alvin Klaudt?

[RancidPickle]

Did someone clone wacko lawyer Jack Thompson? It makes me nervous to have a politician with two of the three chipmunks in his name. Maybe he'll owe the trademark owner of Alvin and the Chipmunks 2/3rds of the proceeds.

Re:Who is this Ted Alvin Klaudt?

[mooingyak]

By the time I got to the end of that, all I could think was "Denny Crane".

Re:You said 'it'

[thetoadwarrior]

One more time and he would have appeared in your room.

Four Factors

[langelgjm]

Well, he might have a defense given three of the four factors:

Was the nature of the use commercial, or for non-profit, educational use?

Did he use the entire work, or just portions of it? (I'm guessing just portions.)

Did his use of the work affect its marketability?

Wow. Even I found that tasteless.

Re:Four Factors

[Kjella]

Indeed. Next we'll be seeing pornography on it! Can you imagine?

If it's related to this case I'd rather not.

Re:Four Factors

[Blue Stone]

So what you're saying, if I'm reading you right, is that if someone else went around raping their own foster children, but calling themselves "Ted Alvin Klaudt", he would have a case for dilution of his brand and market confusion?

I bet he feels like a right chump for not registering his brand identity before now.

Re:Four Factors

[Anonymous Coward]

Since it made it to the front page of Slashdot, it's safe to assume he's a Republican.

Ted Alvin Klaudt

[uvajed_ekil]

Ted Alvin Klaudt Ted Alvin Klaudt Ted Alvin Klaudt Ted Alvin Klaudt Ted Alvin Klaudt Ted Alvin Klaudt
No, you can not have $3 million, Ted Alvin Klaudt! Idiot.

Re:You said 'it'

[Pieroxy]

who knew?

All of us that already tried to do something that stupid.

Not in Jail long enough

[icebike]

Look, he hasn't been in jail long enough to take the whole Jail-house Lawyer course yet. Its just a first-year noob mistake.

Give him a few years of study in the prison library, and he won't be making these fresh-meat mistakes. I'm sure he will have a lot more experience "behind" him in a couple years.

here it goes...not to troll but to prove a point..

[Mr.Fork]

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Ok, here we go!

[Weaselmancer]

Ted Alvin Klaudt! Ted Alvin Klaudt!

Hm. So that's what it feels like to spend a million dollars.

Less satisfying than I had imagined.

Ted Alvin Klaudt

[Adrian Lopez]

Sorry Slashdot, but I agree completely with Ted Alvin Klaudt. If I were Ted Alvin Klaudt and had been convicted, as Ted Alvin Klaudt was, of raping my foster daughters, I too would have scrambled for ways to prevent the media from commenting on my transgressions, just like Ted Alvin Klaudt is doing. Some may say employing copyright law in the manner of Ted Alvin Klaudt constitutes blatant abuse of the legal system, but I, as Ted Alvin Klaudt, feel otherwise. Ted Alvin Klaudt hasn't done anything wrong (with respect to the copyright thing, not the rape thing), and I wish him (Ted Alvin Klaudt) the best of luck.

Godspeed, Ted Alvin Klaudt. Godspeed.

WOW

[greatgreygreengreasy]

Is his listed weight correct? 565 pounds?!!! How could he force the girls to even FIND his penis, let alone use it against them???

anyone wanna buy ....

[Gone84]

tedalvinklaudt.com ???

When doves cry...

[TiggertheMad]

Perhaps we should start referring to this guy as the asshole formerly named 'Ted Alvin Klaudt'?

Re:When doves cry...

[wooferhound]

Oh , are we talking about Ted Alvin Klaudt? Cause if it's not Ted Alvin Klaudt I would hate to say something bad. But if it is Ted Alvin Klaudt then more people should know about Ted Alvin Klaudt. I'm assuming it is Ted Alvin Klaudt that we are talking about. Doesn't Ted Alvin Klaudt charge people 500 grand for using the Ted Alvin Klaudt name? then I guess I'll have to stop using Ted Alvin Klaudt's name or he might try to collect from me . . .

Re:When doves cry...

[FatdogHaiku]

Doesn't Ted Alvin Klaudt charge people 500 grand for using the Ted Alvin Klaudt name? then I guess I'll have to stop using Ted Alvin Klaudt's name or he might try to collect from me . . .

Tell him you're a kid, I hear they get a special deal!
Seriously, the dude is over 550 pounds...
http://freakbits.com/media/Ted-Alvin-Klaudt.jpg
if he comes to collect, wait until he is right up to you and then walk away at a brisk pace.

Re:Title wrong

[Anonymous Coward]

His title is "rapist".

Re:Mere degrees of sexual hypocrisy

[tftp]

excusing someone who kills a guy in a bar fight because he's not a serial killer who keeps his victim's head in the fridge. The difference is only a matter of degrees.

That would be about 50 degrees F, assuming a common kitchen fridge.