Ooooh, aaaaahhh.

[jhameia]

Disgrasian received a cease-and-desist order from Tila Tequila's people because they quoted something she said last year about the Miley Cyrus affair.

I'm not sure "BRING IT, BITCH" is something I would say to that order, but I'm pretty sure lots of people quote celebrities and other public figures a lot without getting told that they're infringing on copyright. How the hell do you copyright something you said, quite randomly, on your TV show? (Particularly when the source or the quote was quite publicly acknowledged?)

In any case, here's me putting on my hardhat, elbow and knee braces, and heavy winter boots in preparation for the fray.

Comments

[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

You don't if it's a public statement, pretty much. All the blogger has to do is refer them to the case of Arkell v. Pressdram; they wouldn't dare follow up on something so obviously frivolous, and would be swiftly destroyed if they tried.

A couple of my friends got C&Dd over something similarly inane in the past; they just told the law firm to piss off and that was that.

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

You just took the fun out of it :P

[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

Referring people to Arkell v. Pressdram is always fun. ;)

[eiko82.livejournal.com]

Silly Tila. She'd never win this.

*loves Disgrasian*