Cartoon creators sued (Jibjab "This Land")

Globe and Mail ^ | 8/4/2004 | SIMON HOUPT

[MeekOneGOP]

Could you take this photo and add "Not Fit to be" before the word
President. And change "The Real Deal" to "The Raw Deal" ?

hehe! Sure. Here tis! .....

[Happy2BMe]

My name is Happy2BMe, and I approve Meek's cartoon!

:~)

(I can even make out the "Johnboy.com" underneath the pilot's door.

[Happy2BMe]

Let’s Keep This A Secret

I have been captured

My Regime has fallen

And my sons are dead. But I have some good news . .

I just saved hundreds

on my car insurance

by switching to Geico

[MeekOneGOP]

You're almost there already! Got to drive. 45 min to BEER!

hehe! My little community voted us "Wet" on May 18th. In about 2 weeks now, I will be able to walk across the street and buy my beer locally (finally, after living here 18 years). :^D

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[MeekOneGOP]

Thank you, Happy! :^D

[devolve]

Right

Lots oF Elvis vocals get played on the web

Result?

Elvis* estate says his music sales are the highest ever!

[Conspiracy Guy]

What kind of music do you know?

[Conspiracy Guy]

I likes it I does

[Conspiracy Guy]

45 minutes from work to home for me. We are in a wet county

[7.62 x 51mm]

Guthrie was a lib-dem socialist-commie scumbag; his laaaaaaaw-yers still are money-grubbing vermin.

[MeekOneGOP]

:^)

[supercat]

the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that The Cat NOT in the Hat!, a book by "Dr. Juice" that recounted the O.J. Simpson trial in the style of The Cat in the Hat, violated the Seuss estate's copyright

Since the NINTH circuit ruled that it did, does that mean it didn't?

BTW, I've not read the book in question, but how can a "style" be copyrighted?

[supercat]

BTW, I wonder if The Simpsons paid for sync rights to the tune (CABF01: Lisa the Treehugger)? Generally I haven't noticed Simpsons putting new lyrics to copyrighted tunes; sometimes they'll rerecord something if they can get sync but not master rights, but generally when I've seen them do song parodies of non-PD tunes they tend to rewrite the music as well.

[AndrewC]

Since the NINTH circuit ruled that it did, does that mean it didn't?

That is my intended implication. Remember, this is the court that found that "under God" was unconstitutional in our pledge. The SCOTUS then reversed that opinion for the flimsy reason that Newdow had no standing to bring the suit. I say flimsy only in that the standing issue should have been obviously decided at the first court level.

ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT and DAVID W. GORDON, SUPERINTENDENT, PETITIONERS v. MICHAEL A. NEWDOW et al.

Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Each day elementary school teachers in the Elk Grove Unified School District (School District) lead their classes in a group recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Respondent, Michael A. Newdow, is an atheist whose daughter participates in that daily exercise. Because the Pledge contains the words "under God," he views the School District's policy as a religious indoctrination of his child that violates the First Amendment. A divided panel of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed with Newdow. In light of the obvious importance of that decision, we granted certiorari to review the First Amendment issue and, preliminarily, the question whether Newdow has standing to invoke the jurisdiction of the federal courts. We conclude that Newdow lacks standing and therefore reverse the Court of Appeals' decision.

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The case was referred to a Magistrate Judge, whose brief findings and recommendation concluded, "the Pledge does not violate the Establishment Clause." Id., at 79. The District Court adopted that recommendation and dismissed the complaint on July 21, 2000. App. to Pet. for Cert. 97. The Court of Appeals reversed and issued three separate decisions discussing the merits and Newdow's standing.

[elfman2]

Hmmm, much more observant than me. Speaking of the Simpsons, do you know off the top of your head who wrote the Simpson’s theme? Hint… I’m a big fan.

[supercat]

Hmmm, much more observant than me. Speaking of the Simpsons, do you know off the top of your head who wrote the Simpson’s theme? Hint… I’m a big fan.

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