On February 24, 2003 at 18:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ..............Landoverbaptist.org is a well known > site full of racial bigotry and religious intolerance. It is > irresponsible to promote such a site...........
I hardly think he was promoting it, merely showing us how parodies can be taken to such an extreme that they start to not become parodies anymore (he said it was *wicked* right up front, complete with examples). The landoverbaptist site is definitely extreme, I didn't even get to the examples that BJ explicitly pointed out, obviously to warn anyone so they never actually had to visit the site like I did to get the idea. rudy's (funny/barely legal) example http://www.davezilla.com/index.php?p=1641 falls somewhere between Joseph's ( IMHO - funny/but not legal) parody that may even amuse Amazon; and BJ's (wicked/but legal) - site which definitely won't amuse certain groups. Sounds like we are starting to get a cross section look at the whole issue of parody sites, which to a thinking person can't be a bad thing and alternate thinking is what makes list-serves rock. Seriously, give BJ a bit of slack here. Except for a couple really smart under-18 semi-lurkers that throw up a good post/code-example now and then when needed, we're all adults and able to decide for ourselves what our limits are. And it definitely is a good thing for Joseph. AFAIK he values the opinions of *everyone* - think about his posts and replies for the time he's been on this list. I think for anyone, when you are creating a parody of something like Amazon it's good to know what kind of prior art is out there. That's the rub in this post as well though Joseph. You *are* selling something on that web page right? That makes it a commercial entity and puts you in the doghouse (IMHO/I am not a Lawyer but got a good one on retainer and no you can't have him). In other words, even if it is a parody of Amazon, if you are realizing a tangible $ benefit (or even the future promise of such from that page), you are using Amazon's prior art to reap your profits and I think they would have a case against you (as long as something is actually for sale on that page). I really like the page though! Regards, Mark Groen MG Web Services Web Site Hosting and Development www.markgroen.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 604-780-6917 ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
