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Re: Papa
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2004, 10:51:33 AM »
PA = Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com) an online comic. They created a strip making fun of game manufacturer American Magee who had made a game called Alice where everything in Wonderland was decidedly violent and psychotic. The strip said that Magee's next endeaver was going to be a take on Strawberry Shortcake (as a dominatrix). It was in poor taste, but imo, well within free speech laws. THat didn't stop American Greetings from sending the boys at Penny Arcade a Cease and Desist order. Penny Arcade is one of the more successful web comics, but they hardly have the funds to go to court with American Greetings, even with help from the CBLDF (Comic Book Legal Defence Fund), which I'm not entirely sure they were able to secure, so they stopped.

So essentially, until American Greetings decides they're not going to censor the little guy, they don't receive my business (except that they do, because my stance free speech is decidedly weaker than my little girl's smile).
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Re: Papa
« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2004, 12:04:48 PM »
The comic was really really funny, too.
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Re: Papa
« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2004, 12:17:30 PM »
well, yeah. that too.
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Re: Papa
« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2004, 04:19:50 PM »
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Re: Papa
« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2004, 04:45:19 PM »
That's the one. THough I think it's been altered. I don't remember those specific words on it. <shrug>. Same idea. LIke I said, tasteless, but within the bounds of free speech.
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Re: Papa
« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2004, 05:13:09 PM »
Sometimes people suck.  Especially people going into a law suite for stupid reasons...
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Re: Papa
« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2004, 08:31:30 PM »
The funny thing is, thanks to the lawsuit, a bunch of people mirrored the file, and so even more people have seen it than would normally have.

Also, PA said to boycott the company on the Mother's Day shortly after it happened. American Greetings lost a fortune that day.

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Re: Papa
« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2004, 09:53:32 PM »
have you seen their revenue reports for that period? i'm not sure that there was that huge an impact.
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Re: Papa
« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2004, 09:54:17 PM »
and with that, don't mess with the easily amused, either...
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Re: Papa
« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2004, 10:10:59 PM »
Oh, it wasn't enough to hurt the company in a real sense, but it was enough to hurt, put a big dent in it. Enough that they would have been upset.
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Re: Papa
« Reply #25 on: March 03, 2004, 10:14:41 PM »
wow, maybe they shouldn't have gone suit happy...
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