27 November 07 - 11:30Ten Truths
1. Food is good. Butter is wonderful. Bacon rocks. Multi-national corporations ruin food.
Clown food is revolting and the most popular purchased prepared meal in the world.
2. Rest and relaxation are good. Vacations are wonderful. Pillows rock. Multi-national corporations ruin rest.
Vacation? No. More like a few thousand dollars to work your ass off.
3. Shelter is good. Your first apartment is wonderful. Your first home rocks. Multi-National corporations ruin shelter.
Never ending debt. Living in fear. Slavery personified.
4. Clothing is good. T-shirts are wonderful. Sweat shirts rock. Multi-National corporations ruin clothing.
Look for, that union label...
5. Money is good. Your first job is wonderful. Your first real job rocks. Multi-National corporations ruin work.
Money from money taxed at a maximum 15%. Money from labor taxed at a maximum of 40%.
6. Recognition is good. Your first trophy is wonderful. Hero status rocks. Multi-National Corporations ruin recognition.
What a great story. to bad he was innocent and a hero.
7. Children are good. Your first child is wonderful. Your child graduating from college rocks. Multi-national corporations ruin children.
Realizing that your children spent more of their life watching TV than learning from you...
8. Nature is good. Your first camping trip is wonderful. Your first dive rocks. Multi-national corporations ruin nature.
The only debate is the manufactured one.
9. Play is good. Your first wrestling match with dad is wonderful. Your first wrestling match with your child rocks. Multi-national corporations ruin play.
Get off the God Damned Computer already.
10. Life is good. Your first sunny day was wonderful. Your first tropical beach rocks. Multi-national corporations ruin life.
Why?
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19 November 07 - 18:45Offensive comic of Jade Raymond
For some reason you aren't supposed to be able to see it... I had no idea who Jade Raymond was, up until 10 minutes ago. But UBIsoft is gonna SUE!
November 15, 2007
VIA EXPRESS MAIL AND EMAIL
Attn: Richard Kyanka
webmaster@somethingawful.com
RE:
Infringement of ASSASSIN’S CREED Mark and Jade Raymond’s Personal, Privacy, and Publicity Rights
Dear Mr. Kyanka:
We are counsel to Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. (“Ubisoft”), publisher of the popular video game ASSASSIN’S CREED and employer of Ms. Jade Raymond (“Ms. Raymond”). Ubisoft is also the owner of the following U.S. trademark applications for the ASSASSIN’S CREED mark (the “Mark”): Serial No. 78850944; Serial No. 78866696; and Serial No. 78850968. In consequence of Ubisoft’s extensive efforts and expenditures, substantial goodwill has been built up for Ubisoft and the products and services sold under the Mark, and the ASSASSIN’S CREED game is one of the most widely anticipated games of the year.
Ubisoft has recently learned that the extremely offensive pornographic image (the “Image”) accessible at http://sabretooth.mirror.waffleimag...dd47ceb2a5.jpg, a copy of which is attached hereto, is being used on your website located at http://www.somethingawful.com and/or other related sites, including, but not limited to, http://forums.somethingawful.com (collectively, the “Site”). Such Image and misuse of the ASSASSIN’S CREED mark constitute trademark infringement, dilution, and unfair competition in violation of common law trademark rights, the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§1125(a) and 1125(c), and state law.
Furthermore, the Image’s blatant, vile, and unauthorized misappropriation of Ms. Raymond’s name and likeness, and your conduct in using the Image on your Site, have caused immeasurable harm to Ms. Raymond’s reputation and career, and constitute an egregious infringement of Ms. Raymond’s personal rights and privacy rights. The Image and your conduct also constitute an egregious unauthorized commercial exploitation of Ms. Raymond’s rights of publicity in violation of, without limitation, her common law rights of publicity and California Civil Code §3344, which provides in relevant part:
“Any person who knowingly uses another’s name, .., photograph, or likeness, in any manner, on or in products, merchandise, or goods, or for purposes of advertising or selling, or soliciting purchases of, products, merchandise, goods or services, without such person’s prior consent…shall be liable for any damages sustained by the person or persons injured as a result thereof.”
It is well established that a person who commercially exploits the name or likeness of someone without their consent is liable for all of the damages caused thereby. Additionally, the Image and your conduct in using the Image on the Site constitute unfair business practices and false advertising in violation of the California Business and Professions Code; intentional infliction of emotional distress; a violation of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1125(a); and harassment, which is a criminal offense.
Please also note that any failure to comply with applicable privacy laws may result in direct action against you by the Federal Trade Commission, in addition to other litigation.
Ubisoft hereby demands that you immediately: (1) permanently remove the Image from your Site, databases and servers and prevent any further uploading or display thereof; (2) permanently cease and desist all unauthorized use and hosting of images using the ASSASSIN’S CREED mark and Ms. Raymond’s name and/or likeness; (3) provide us with the name and contact information of the person who originally created and/or posted the Image; and (4) complete, execute, and return to me the enclosed Declaration by November 16, 2007 to confirm that you are complying with Ubisoft’s demand.
While Ubisoft hopes to resolve this matter quickly and without resort to further legal action, Ubisoft reserves all rights to seek appropriate legal relief, including attorneys’ fees, injunctive relief, statutory damages, costs, and enhanced damages.
Sincerely,
David Anderson
for Nixon Peabody LLP
Dave Anderson
Nixon Peabody LLP
555 West 5th Street, 46th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(t) 213-629-6095
(f) 866-532-8491
dlanderson@nixonpeabody.com
Let me get this straight, Nixon Peabody thought the best idea in the world was to make this comic a hot issue and worthy of comment?
Brilliant. The comic is below the fold because it is news. DUH! So don't click for more if you are offended by comics that imply stuff but don't show stuff.
I'm not offended and frankly, why this bothered Jade who must have a few years of Internet under her belt is beyond me.
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15 November 07 - 13:37By paying me $14.95 a Month...
You give me the right to do whatever I want.
Blizzard Entertainment has decided that I have no right to know what is on my computer if I install their software on my computer.
I don't play W.o.W.. I don't have their software on my computer.
But this is a far reaching and potentially dangerous precedent. Not even Microsoft encrypts the information exchanged on Microsoft update. An operating system company that spends hundreds of millions of dollars combating hackers is unwilling to encrypt its own information exchange for updates. But a pointless gaming company does? WTF?
I'd link to the Blizzard comments on this but they are so busy deleting the complaint threads, some of which were maxed out in size, that well...
With most of the Internet children today posting nude photos of themselves on Myspace and Flickr and Photobucket I'm sure they have no problem letting a gaming company have anything and everything they want. Mysteriously, when these children hit their mid-to-early-thirties their attitudes about all this will change.
If all 9.3 million W.O.W. subscribers demanded the same system in reverse would Blizzard comply? Ha Ha Ha Ha!
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09 November 07 - 17:24I don't play W.O.W. but I do read the forums.
I'm an avid GWs player. I clock in a good two or three hours a month on GWs on average. Now, I read the GWGuru forums and the GW ign forums and I never see drama like this:
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Blizzard Entertainment
I don't know, maybe it's just me but I get the feeling that Blizzard Community "Managers" are professional bee eaters who hate eating bees.
You realize it was never deleted, yes? It's also stickied. The thread simply reached maximum capacity. The number of assumptions I read per day is astonishing.
I'm sorry but it's not physically possible for me to undelete a thread. When I noticed the post had reached maximum capacity, I stickied it - that was earlier this morning.
It's not about you dear Community Manager. When a Community Manager allows the issue to become themselves... They are no longer managing a community.
I was being neither snide or sarcastic. I'm a firm believer that if something designed to be entertainment is having an adverse affect on your well being, it's at the very least time for some reflection. I provided food for thought, and I'm sorry but I do stand behind all comments that I've made, though it is sad to see them taken out of context. I've been watching people rip me apart of years, and despite how it might make me feel, I continue to do what I feel is right at all times. I knew exactly how this thread would turn out.
Telling your customers to just quit is pretty stupid. Seriously back in the day this happened with EQ and guess what happened there?
Unfortunately, sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.
During the second great people's revolution in China the government sent out a questionnaire to all of the educated people in China asking them what needed to be done to improve things. If you had more than a "High School Diploma" you got the questionnaire. You know what happened to all the people who answered the questionaire? They killed them all.
Right now Eyonix is in all likelihood banning a metricfuckton of customers. He's trolling for them.
I post on the internet, why would I avoid sarcasm? I'd never blend in or be accepted by the other kids. :P
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