Talking Holiday Bear, AND CRACKED!
You thought Drew had a problem with a 2 foot talking automaton?? Well, it’s ON NOW!
ON THE CRACKED FRONT…
For those who have been waiting around wondering what’s up with Yirmumah and Cracked, well, I’m proud to announce Yirmumah is now streaming in there daily on their comics page. -LINK- They are still working some things out on their site and will be pimping that on their main page soon. I spoke with the editor on the phone the other day, and I think the date for new magazine to hit the stands will be like February 20th, if I remember correctly. I’m excited to see it! From what I hear, it will be nothing like the old Cracked. They have writers from SNL, the Chappelle Show and National Lampoon’s writing in the first issue alone, I guess. That’s going to be a killer mag. It’s going to be geared a little more to the college male audience range I think…. don’t quote me on that! No, Yirm won’t be in the first issue, we’ll let you know when though. Guaranteed.
I changed the Cuss Jar to a Tip Jar>>>
Just because. No special reason really. Thanks to everyone who’s tossed in a buck! You guys rock. As it stands, looks like the tip jar money will be going for a new scanner soon. I don’t think this one is long for this world.
Copyright Infringers, Ahoy!
So, yesterday I was alerted that some kids were ripping off images, mostly mine, but also CAD’s , Nate Piekos’s Atland , and our friend Freddy Lopez.— While we were successful at getting their message boards removed legally, the guy still has a Deviant Art account -Which has now been completely closed as well.
Look kids. I’m all for a friendly parody of Yirmumah, or joking around and changing text or goofing off, the kind of goofing off that’s gone on around here for ages, and at the Grind Board….. but totally erasing the credits from images, and in this case renaming Yirmumah to some other comic name… UGH, it’s just…. it’s just weird. It doesn’t make me mad at all, we pretty much know who it is, and I had to ask myself… do I REALLY want to cause some legal trouble for some kid’s parents, or can the boy get a clue on his own??? I guess we’ll see, real soon. This was pointed out to me today, and I think anyone thinking about playing around like that, should have 150k handy for me, because I will TOTALLY take that action!
In claiming credit as the originator of the artwork and posting direct
portions of the website which has been interpreted as an attempt at
IDENTITY THEFT and reported to http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/ . In the
willful use of copyrighted artwork which infringes my rights under 17
U.S.C. Section 101 et seq. you could be liable for statutory damages as
high as $150,000 as set forth in Section 504(c)(2) therein.
So, c’mon kids… let’s play smart here. Unless you REALLY hate your parents… in that case, I’ll gladly take the money, and help all the other creators involved get theirs too.
ALL RIGHT. Back to grown up work here.
December 14th, 2005 at 5:23 am
Whoa, that’s kinda surreal. Look at all the credit he’s getting at Deviantart.
At least he was exposed for the fraud he is.
December 14th, 2005 at 5:46 am
dA is pretty good about dealing with art thieves, once they’re reported that is. It also seems that he (or a dA admin) has taken down the offending pieces.
December 14th, 2005 at 5:47 am
Is it me or does that kid’s blog like entry look familiar too. Complaining about car insurance commercials, cat litter and chinese restaurants being a cover for a communist takeover. I’m sure I’ve read that somewhere before….
December 14th, 2005 at 7:48 am
God damn even his blog entry was ripped from Yirmumah.
http://www.yirmumah.net/2005/12/01/strip-good-news/
“The car insurance thing is ridiculous though. Could you imagine your doctor saying “Good news!” and your like “It’s not cancer!?”
…. but he says “yeah, it’s cancer, but i just saved a bunch of money on my…” — They should make a commercial like that. Just because. The “Cave Man” commercials make me laugh though.”
December 14th, 2005 at 8:29 am
The guy should be raped by mad goats. His nostrils violated by very hairy men. And his eyes removed via twisty straw, sucked out very slowly. Then raped again, just for good measure.
I’m talking Jihad, mudda fuggas.
December 14th, 2005 at 8:53 am
Hilarious. When he doesn’t rip off the art, he rips off the dialog. What, does he think no one will notice? Poor stupid kid.
December 14th, 2005 at 9:29 am
Im very sorry, I didnt mean to do this. I was just bored so I put an artwork on it for boredom and then my friends dared me to keep going. I apologise sincerley..
December 14th, 2005 at 9:30 am
No, he had about 25 strips on there as well. I had to e-mail a list to Deviant about it. They said if he does it again, they’ll ban him.
Also, all of the kids free boards were taken down, and I think he was turned into just about every freehost he was using.
Yeah, he is just using stuff from mutiple people’s sites… I have no idea why. Probably because he’s like 14 and wants attention brought his way. Sad.
December 14th, 2005 at 9:32 am
And yes, I did remove them, my apologies again.
December 14th, 2005 at 9:36 am
Hah! YOU removed them??? No, More like Deviant art removed them after I emailed them, and the boards were shut down after SEVERAL of the artists send copyright infringements.
Still, if it’s you, I accept your apology, and I’m flattered by the time you spent, uh, doing whatever it was you were doing. I’m not mad at all… i thought it was just kinda weird.
December 14th, 2005 at 10:00 am
Ugh! This kind of thing always leaves me feeling more distrustful of others. My basic take on the people that do this sort of thing is that they know they are doing wrong, breaking the law, but belive A) that they won’t get caught what with internet aliases, and B) that it is hilarious.
The only cure for these people, if they are not just some wanna be smart ass, is to send a horde of lawyers to thier home and drag them to court. Their parents, provided they are still minors, will be hurt money wise, which is unfortunate, but boy will they make their kid pay for getting them sued. With luck, they will watch their kid’s activities more closely in the future.
The only way to get to those idiots is to scare them to death and the best way to do it is by prosicuting them to the fullest extent of the law. Maybe my views are a bit cold but I dispise thieves.
I hope everything works out for you and all the other victems of this jerk.
December 14th, 2005 at 10:23 am
Just curious, do you copyright your stuff? I know it’s technically copyrighted the minute you create it, but do you go for the formality of registration?
I’ve been wondering how copyright laws would work on the web. Say Artist A starts putting out comics and Asshat B immediately starts grabbing them, reworking the titles and putting them out again and “his”. What’s to legally stop this? B can change the timestamp on a digital creation fairly easily. Would the courts haul in A’s fans to say “I saw that cartoon on A’s site before B posted it”? Or would the judge laugh it out of court to make way for something more important… like the latest RIAA affront?
Also, how can A afford a lawyer? If B is a young kid, he can always use mommy and daddy’s lawyer, because they know their young tyke would never do something like this, and even if he did it wouldn’t matter because B is “only a kid” and shouldn’t be sued for anything oh poor B. (I hate today’s parents.) Whereas A is a web cartoonist, for God’s sake! He wouldn’t have any money.
December 14th, 2005 at 1:47 pm
Screw that punk, his ass his only “sorry” because he got caught. I say cut his dick off!
Also “frog sucker”? Way to swerve the cuss jar DJ..
December 14th, 2005 at 2:03 pm
Originals, my good Morley, originals. Someone who was jacking others are certainly wouldn’t be able to reproduce it properly himself on paper. You really don’t have to prove who put what up first if it’s obvious which person actually DREW the shit.
December 14th, 2005 at 3:25 pm
Copyright law is pretty easy. And with so much of my stuff published, it’s really simple to prove something is mine. Paying for a copyright for like a book or certain material is kinda pointless— That said, yeah, I have done it in the past to protect Yirmumah, and other works. If I REALLY wanted to be a dick, I could track the guy down and make him pay. But no harm, no foul I guess. I usually don’t like dealing with lawyers of any kind.
December 14th, 2005 at 3:44 pm
Yeah, it was weird to find out I was part of the little make-believe game going on. Fortunately the forum was shut down pretty quick, and the rest of the crap is being swept away today.
December 14th, 2005 at 4:14 pm
Another way to “copyright” your work is simply to mail a copy (or the originals) to yourself. When it gets stamped at the post office, the “date” and can serve as a reference to prove ownership (provided that you don’t open the envelope).
However, this is not 100% fool proof (on its own), and should not be used as a sole method of copyrighting.
This site has a ton of info on copyrighting…
http://www.copyrightauthority.com/poor-mans-copyright/
Regarding today’s comic, your talking bear reminds me of a 5 foot tall, dancing Santa Claus that I saw at the hardware store today. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t real. He was plastic… but then again, he did ALSO stink of whiskey and urine.
December 14th, 2005 at 4:14 pm
Another way to “copyright” your work is simply to mail a copy (or the originals) to yourself. When it gets stamped at the post office, the “date” and can serve as a reference to prove ownership (provided that you don’t open the envelope).
However, this is not 100% fool proof (on its own), and should not be used as a sole method of copyrighting.
This site has a ton of info on copyrighting…
http://www.copyrightauthority.com/poor-mans-copyright/
Regarding today’s comic, your talking bear reminds me of a 5 foot tall, dancing Santa Claus that I saw at the hardware store today. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t real. He was plastic… but then again, he ALSO stunk of whiskey and urine.
December 14th, 2005 at 6:47 pm
Hey guys, check out today’s Housd, their take on the situation is pretty damn funny.
December 14th, 2005 at 9:29 pm
You know, if this comic were the conveyer of deeper messages, I’d think Drew was going on some kind of hallucinagenic spree like in Fight Club or something.
December 15th, 2005 at 12:56 am
It’s not a conveyor of deep messages?
December 15th, 2005 at 3:02 am
I wonder if this is one of the guys affiliated with the character and comic theft and ripping off that also occurred on DeviantArt, in regards to the comic ExterminatusNow…
December 15th, 2005 at 3:12 am
No, it was me who removed them
December 15th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
But you didn’t want to remove that rip-off of my Comiclettering.com site, huh? Thought you keep that did you?
Well, DJ may accept your apology, but I don’t.
For all you other folks here, this little loser started off impersonating me a couple of months ago. I let it slide after the hoax was revealed.
All of a sudden we catch him claiming all our art — and when he was caught, he sends a bogus e-mail saying “My 11 year old son did all this, please forgive him.” — How stupid do you think we are?
Next up is the police and FBI with copyright infringment and identity theft charges. We’ve got all the proof now.
So keep it up, junior. This will not happen again without your family ending up bankrupt.
~N
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