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'Going Rogue' spoof: 'Nightmare'stories may have Sarah Palin seeing 'Rouge'
NY Daily News ^ | Oct 21, 2009

Posted on 10/21/2009 5:48:56 PM PDT by rdl6989

In the case of Sarah Palin's new book, imitation may not be the sincerest form of flattery.

When the failed vice presidential candidate's memoir hits shelves Nov. 17, it will have some competition from a lookalike tome that spoofs the title of her book.

"Going Rouge: An American Nightmare" bears a striking resemblance to Palin's book, "Going Rogue: An American Life." Both feature the photogenic politician in red, but the spoof has her against a backdrop of black thunder clouds and lightning, instead of the image of a blue sky scattered with clouds on the ex-governor’s book.

“Going Rouge” isn't a spoof at all but a collection of essays about Palin put together by Richard Kim and Betsy Reed, editors at liberal-leaning weekly The Nation, Entertainment Weekly reported. It includes work by regular Nation contributors, including Katha Pollitt, Katrina vanden Heuvel and Naomi Klein.

The book's publisher, OR Books, which was started by industry veterans John Oakes and Colin Robinson, said it "embraces progressive change in politics, culture and the way we do business."

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: goingrogue; goingrouge; palin
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To: rdl6989

All this crap did for me was to drive me to Amazon today to order another copy of Sarah’s book(at 9.00 per copy on Amazon, engaged in a book war)it is a bargain. I am sure Sarah’s publisher will sue these jerks for copyright infringement and get a court order to halt release of the other book.


41 posted on 10/21/2009 6:22:45 PM PDT by calex59
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To: GOP Poet

Not the title but the cover itself, they covered their butt on the title(rogue VS rouge), but the cover is definitely an infringement, I am sure they will sue.


42 posted on 10/21/2009 6:24:05 PM PDT by calex59
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To: rdl6989

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.


43 posted on 10/21/2009 6:26:23 PM PDT by BlueStateBlues (Blue State business, Red State heart. . . . .Palin 2012----can't come soon enough!)
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To: rdl6989
Obviously Sarah Palin inspires passion in her adversaries. I would take it as a compliment if I were her.
44 posted on 10/21/2009 6:39:52 PM PDT by Family Guy (I disagree with what you said, but I'll defend to the death your right to shut up.)
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To: rdl6989

Sarah’s decision to appear on Oprah probably means she has decided that she is ready to put the McCain disasters behind her, bypass the MSM, and present her case directly to the public. If she succeeds, books like this won’t matter a whit.


45 posted on 10/21/2009 6:45:23 PM PDT by TChad
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To: rdl6989

They constantly tell us how much they fear this good woman.


46 posted on 10/21/2009 6:55:26 PM PDT by pke
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To: rdl6989

Interesting! A few weeks ago when the media first reported on her book, I happened to catch the story on Good Morning America (by the metro-sexual dude). He called the book ‘Going Rouge’. When Diane Sawyer corrected him and said the book was called ‘Going Rogue’, they both excused the error by saying that it was spelled ‘Going Rouge’ on the teleprompter.

Now, it is appearant to me that the MSM had done this on purpose.


47 posted on 10/21/2009 6:57:43 PM PDT by Hayzo
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To: Hayzo

Hmmm, that is *very* interesting.


48 posted on 10/21/2009 6:58:43 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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To: Mojave
I think it goes beyond parody. Similar title, same font, similar photo, and same release date. Reminds me of a case involving aftermarket ignition controllers:

Feds Grant Injunction

MSD Ignition has obtained a permanent Federal Injunction against Procomp Electronics, Inc., who had manufactured an ignition that was confusingly similar in appearance to MSD's 6AL Ignition Control. With aftermarket infringement increasing, MSD executives took the matter to the courts. The end result is a permanent injunction, meaning that, "Procomp, including its parent company, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliated, successors and assigns, and any person acting in concert with them are immediately prohibited from manufacturing, selling, distributing, marketing or offering any ignition or similar product that utilizes a design identical to or otherwise confusingly similar to" the design of MSD's labels or the design of the distinctive housing of MSD's ignition controls, including MSD's 6AL Ignition Control.

Here's the original MSD 6AL:

http://www.precisionraceengines.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/m/s/msd-6420.jpg

Here's the knock off Pro Comp PC6AL:

http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2006/02/EditorsCorner/images/procomp6Al.jpg

49 posted on 10/21/2009 7:10:52 PM PDT by OA5599
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To: OA5599

That’s an example of a trade dress lawsuit. “Confusingly similar.” Very familiar phrase. I became familiar due to my employer being sued by a competitor, for allegedly making a “confusingly similar” product. I designed the packaging. The product was pulled from all shelves due to an injunction, as well as all marketing materials pulled from circulation. We had tractor-trailer loads of FSI’s (free standing inserts such as found in the Sunday newspaper). My employer eventually won. But, the product was effectively killed off, which was of course the objective of the competitor.


50 posted on 10/21/2009 7:22:12 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: OA5599
I think it goes beyond parody. Similar title, same font, similar photo, and same release date.

I don't see a legal issue there, unless the font is proprietary one owned by Sarah Palin's publisher.

51 posted on 10/21/2009 7:39:19 PM PDT by Mojave (Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
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To: beagleone
"Methinks thou dost protest too much" Shakespear

Sarah is reinforced by those attempting to bring her down. Their energy is a true measure of just how much they fear her.

If they would really want to diminish her, they would ignore her but they just cannot resist.

52 posted on 10/21/2009 7:40:35 PM PDT by Cannoneer ("I didn't come here and I am not leaving" grandpa Burroughs 1960)
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To: rdl6989

How freakin’ childish.
What are these guys? Like 13 yrs old?
I hope to see these “Rouge” books at the Dollar Store by March.


53 posted on 10/21/2009 7:52:12 PM PDT by ozark hilljilly (Obama= Slavery)
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To: Mojave
I'm not a lawyer, but "trade dress" may be applicable. From Wikipedia:

In the U.S., a product’s trade dress is legally protected by the Lanham Act, the federal statute which regulates trademarks and trade dress.[3] Trade dress protection is intended to protect consumers from packaging or appearance of products that are designed to imitate other products; to prevent a consumer from buying one product under the belief that it is another.[4] For example, the design (meaning the shape, color, and arrangement of the materials) of a children’s line of clothing can be protectable trade dress,[5] as can the design of a magazine cover,[6] the appearance and décor of a chain of Mexican-style restaurants,[7] and a method of displaying wine bottles in a wine shop.[8]

Statutory Source

Under section 43(a) of the Lanham Act a product's trade dress can be protected without formal registration with the PTO.[9] In relevant part, section 43(a) states the following:

“Any person who . . . in connection with any goods or services . . . uses in commerce any word, term, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, or any false designation of origin, false or misleading description of fact, or false or misleading representation of fact, which . . . [i]s likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive . . . as to the origin, sponsorship, or approval of his or her goods, services, or commercial activities by another person, or . . . in commercial advertising or promotion, misrepresents the nature, characteristics, qualities, or geographic origin of his or her or another person’s goods, services, or commercial activities, shall be liable in a civil action by any person who believes that he or she is likely to be damaged by such an act.”[10]

This statute allows the owner of a particular trade dress to sue an infringer (a person/entity who illegally copies that trade dress) for violating section 43(a) without registering that trade dress with any formal agency or system (unlike the registration and application requirements for enforcing other forms of intellectual property, such as patents). It is commonly seen as providing “federal common law” protection for trade dress (and trademarks).[11]

54 posted on 10/21/2009 8:01:48 PM PDT by OA5599
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To: RegulatorCountry

Wow, sorry to hear about the abuse of trade dress, but thanks for reminding me what the term was. My brain did not keep it readily accessible.


55 posted on 10/21/2009 8:08:32 PM PDT by OA5599
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To: OA5599

Water under the bridge. I’m just glad to have some exposure that might prove helpful in this situation.

It’s not to be taken lightly. The image of Sarah Palin, to the “mushy middle” has been negatively shaped to an extent by parody, and here comes another one.


56 posted on 10/21/2009 8:13:22 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Cannoneer
I've talked to some of these people and it's not even based on anything specific. In fact, they can't name anything specific. So they say something vapid like 'she looks inept in interviews'.

Well has it ever occurred to them that the media was out to make her look inept in interviews.

They don't like her because she shatters the image they would like to create of what a Republican is. And she does, probably because, strictly speaking, she's ideologically a conservative, not a Republican. So she's into individual freedom. And that upsets their government-centric universe.

If Sarah Palin is right, then everything they have ever believed to be true is wrong. And that makes their heads explode.

57 posted on 10/21/2009 8:21:51 PM PDT by beagleone
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To: beagleone

sorry, forgot to close the bold.


58 posted on 10/21/2009 8:22:40 PM PDT by beagleone
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To: rdl6989
"When the failed vice presidential candidate's memoir hits shelves Nov. 17"....

Why is it that Jack Kemp, Joe Lieberman and John Edwards are never ever referred to as "failed vice presidential candidate....." unlike Palin, who is repeatedly smeared this way ad nauseum?

59 posted on 10/21/2009 8:35:45 PM PDT by cookcounty (Obama: ---Despiser of the Honduran Constitution and contemptuous of ours.)
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To: cookcounty

There’s no slant to the media is there? Ha!


60 posted on 10/21/2009 8:36:30 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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