Glenn Beck Loses Dispute Over Parody Domain 1172
CuteSteveJobs writes "Glenn Beck fought the law and the law won. Parody website DidGlennBeckRapeAndMurderAYoungGirlIn1990.com attacked Beck using the same straw man arguments Beck himself is famous for: 'We're not accusing Glenn Beck of raping and murdering a young girl in 1990 — in fact, we think he didn't! But we can't help but wonder ... Why won't he deny that he raped and killed a young girl in 1990?'
Beck didn't see the humour and tried to have the site shut down. He sued the creator on the grounds the site 'violated his name as a trademark.' But in a sudden outbreak of common sense, WIPO rejected Beck's complaint finding the site 'can be said to be making a political statement,' which is a 'legitimate non-commercial use' of Beck's name. But after winning, the owner voluntarily handed Beck the domain anyway. Still, it's comforting to know that satire — the only weapon politicians and talking heads fear — is still safely in the hands of the public where it belongs."
DidKDAWSONRapeAndMurderAYoungGirlIn1990.com (Score:5, Funny)
DidKDAWSONRapeAndMurderAYoungGirlIn1990.com
Has the real question been answered? (Score:5, Funny)
Has Glenn Beck denied having raped and murdered a young girl in 1990?
If not, why not?
This is an attack on the teabaggers (Score:0, Funny)
I think it's pretty clear that this is an attack on the teabaggers, which have the left terrified, particularly after our huge victory in NY-23. We're going to take back this country, you see, for FREEDOM. For INDIVIDUALISM. For NO BIG GOVERNMENT.
Yea, I know that you guys call us "teabaggers" meaning it to be a pejorative, but like the term "yankee", we've made TEABAGGER our word and we now use it with PRIDE.
Ah, satire (Score:5, Funny)
I think this internet meme was the best satire of Glenn Beck, until Jon Stewart joined in the fun [thedailyshow.com].
I wonder... (Score:5, Funny)
Defensive? (Score:5, Funny)
*Well, just this one.
So, Glenn Beck raped and murdered a girl in 1990. (Score:1, Funny)
So, Glenn Beck raped and murdered a girl in 1990.
This is awful! Something has to be done about it!
Re:handing back the domain FAIL (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Has the real question been answered? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:icing on the cake: (Score:1, Funny)
Have you watched the show? The GP is correct in his assumption.
Re:This is an attack on the teabaggers (Score:4, Funny)
Actually at the end of the day NY-23 was actually a strategic win for the Republicans, despite what is perceived as a tactical loss.
Don't forget that because an actual Democrat (in name and in beliefs) now has that seat, he will be far easier to beat by an actual conservative in 2010 than a 'Republican' (in name but not in beliefs) such as Scozzafava would have been.
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Re:its fair turn around (Score:5, Funny)
Re:its fair turn around (Score:3, Funny)
beck/ limbaugh/ fox traffic in lies, propaganda and demagoguery.
Funny. The
numbers
show just the opposite. You can bitch and moan all you want, but numbers don't lie. So if the numbers don't lie and you are saying the opposite... what does that say about you?
Do you have something against a news network that actually gives those that you disagree with a fair shake?
(Granted, commentators like Hannity are NOT news. But as far as the actual NEWS goes, Fox NEWS was by fair the most "fair and balanced" of any network, at least in regards to the last election. Like I said, numbers don't lie.)
Re:icing on the cake: (Score:5, Funny)
there are other people who are Glenn Beck fans and not drooling retards.
[Citation needed]
Re:icing on the cake: (Score:3, Funny)
Hey, hey, HEY... Not fair - to subhuman, poo-flinging primates. My stuffed Gorilla is very nice, though I believe he would target his poo at Glenn - and the Fox News "commentators" in general - but that's his First Amendment right...
Re:"Beck didn't see the humour" (Score:5, Funny)
All Beck had to do to make this go away was prove he didn't kill and rape or rape then kill a girl in 1990, how hard is this to do? Just show us the proof. Show the death certificate that says you didn't rape her
Re:icing on the cake: (Score:5, Funny)
I Googled it, there are't any.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=glenn+beck+fans+who+are+%22not+drooling+retards%22&aq=f&oq=&aqi= [google.com]
there are other people who are Glenn Beck fans and not drooling retards.
[Citation needed]
Re:icing on the cake: (Score:5, Funny)
I like beck. Perhaps you are too educated for your own good.
That's right citizen. Ignorance is strength.
Re:Defensive? (Score:4, Funny)
Thank you for that amazing show canajin56. On TV ToughGuys with TubeSteak, we're going to look into the shocking allegations that Glenn Beck routinely BBQs and eats babies, saying minorities taste the best. I have with me here in the studio Mbuutu, a cannibal from Africa who has BBQed and eaten minority babies, to discuss with us why colored babies taste better than white ones.
-While I think that is funny on its own merits, the deeper joke is that I'm parodying Fox News' habit of having one showhost make an allegation, and later, having other showhosts "report" on the allegations. The day after, this leads to newspaper articles which are then quickly quoted by Fox News hosts as proof that there are merits to the allegations even though the articles are merely discussing what was said on TV the day before. I read a great article on the practice, but I can't find it.
Re:For everyone who is going WTF who is Glenn Beck (Score:1, Funny)
(this same sort of thing was tried with Ann Coulter, because she does the same shit. Unfortunately it didn't go anywhere because people actually believed she was a transsexual.)
...Ann Coulter's not a transsexual?
Re:icing on the cake: (Score:5, Funny)
How can you like a man who raped and murdered a young girl in 1990?
Re:Exactly (Score:5, Funny)
At least Rush isn't an alleged rapist/murderer.
If Glen would only call and confirm or deny the charges, these nasty rumors would go away. It breaks my heart that he refuses to.
Re:Sick of the Double Standard (Score:4, Funny)
Firefighters: Stop the Red Truck Socialist menace now!
I'm not saying it is or isn't taken, but... (Score:5, Funny)
Is didglennbeckrapeandmurderayounggirlin1991.com taken?
I'm not saying it is or isn't taken, I'm just saying that a lot of Americans are interested in this question, and somebody needs to ask it.
Oh, I know, some of you are saying "Hey, why not just use nslookup?" Did you know that's part of the "BIND" -- now there's a scary name if there ever was one -- package from Berkeley? Have you ever thought about what the "N" and the "S" stand for? Did you that there's a magazine called "New Socialist" -- and they're now online?
Don't you think this is all pretty interesting?
Oh, and whether or not didglennbeckrapeandmurderayounggirlin1991.com is taken .... gb1990.com [gb1990.com] is. In fact, they're carrying -- and I know this is a little spooky -- the same content that was at didglennbeckrapeandmurderayounggirlin1990.com. Now that's a pretty interesting fact right there, isn't it? I'm not saying what's there is or isn't "true", but I hope Mr. Beck comes clean about these charges, because if he's innocent, we need him without this cloud over his head.
Re:icing on the cake: (Score:5, Funny)
Beck is an infantile baby.
That's the best kind! Senile babies are an entirely different beast...
Re:icing on the cake: (Score:2, Funny)
Hug rejected.
I just read that, and in my head, it was Dwight Schrute's voice. I'm pretty sure that he is now the Official Voice for your posts.
Thanks!
Re:For everyone who is going WTF who is Glenn Beck (Score:1, Funny)
Why hasn't Glenn Beck denied being a transexual? I mean if he wasn't he'd just say so right? It's time for someone to ask the tough questions here!
Re:DidKDAWSONRapeAndMurderAYoungGirlIn1990.com (Score:3, Funny)
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