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Guest Ronixis
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Not really funny- Not at the ALL YOUR BASE level of awsome, but its fine for what it is.

 

(misses all your base)

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HA HA HA HA! My mom was talking by this last night. So that means my mother is cooler then all of you! HA HA HA HA HA HA!

 

I actually saw this. It's pretty good....but it's no All Your Base Are Belong To Us. But it's still pretty good. I really like the Bill Clinton cameo and the Howard Dean scream.

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As someone who isn't partial to the left or right, that was just hilarious. The Dean scream reminded me of Mel Gibson on South Park.

 

Bush: "Nucular..."

Kerry: "Heh heh heh. You said 'nucular'. It's 'nuclear' dummy; the S is silent."

 

Astro: What channel, out of curiousity?

Guest The Winter Of My Discontent
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Pinko Commie.

 

That was beautiful.

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Guest evenflowDDT
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Found this update in my EFF e-mail newsletter:

 

* JibJab Files Suit to Defend Fair Use Rights

 

In early July, the two brothers behind a little animation shop

called JibJab released a short flash piece that features

cartoon versions of President Bush and Senator Kerry slinging

insults at each other to the tune of Woody Guthrie's "This Land

Is Your Land." The short, called "This Land," has been

fantastically popular - but at least one music publishing

company didn't get the joke. The copyright holder, Ludlow,

Inc., has threatened JibJab and its upstream website hosting

providers with copyright litigation.

 

"This Land" should qualify as a fair use under copyright law.

JibJab used only a few lines of Guthrie's lyrics. The short

is also a parody, commenting not only on the 2004 elections,

but also on Woody Guthrie's famous song. Moreover, Woody

Guthrie didn't compose the melody - it looks like he borrowed

it from the legendary country artists, The Carter Family.

 

In response to Ludlow's threats, JibJab asked EFF for help to

protect its fair use and free speech rights. Last week, we

filed a lawsuit on JibJab's behalf, asking a federal court

in San Francisco to declare that the humorous "This Land"

is perfectly legal. For more on this ongoing fight, check

out the links below and stay tuned to EFF's Deep Links

weblog.

 

Deep Links post:

<http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/001782.php>

 

Wired article: "JibJab Asks for Court's Help":

<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64428,00.html>

 

National Public Radio interview with Arlo Guthrie, folk singer

and son of Woody Guthrie:

<http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3810407>

 

I'm really getting sick of overzealous copyright lawyers/suits. This case is particularly absurd, seeing as how folk music is built off a tradition of variation on an "authorless" track.

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