If you ran a satirical
Mel Gibson website, and if Mel Gibson threatened to sue you, what would you do?
Mel Gibson website, and if Mel Gibson threatened to sue you, what would you do?
posted by Cheney08 | 9:48 PM
Mel's Musings
THE SITE THAT "MEL GIBSON" DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SEE
"With anti-Christian sentiment on the rise in North America and abroad, the launch of this new bog [sic] couldn’t have been timelier...If you’re a discouraged Christian worried about the future, a visit to www.melgibsonsblog.blogspot.com is like an elixir and sends you on your way with newfound hope."
Judi McLeod, Owner, Canada Free Press
"[The site] is filled with anti-Semitic comments and other outrageous statements, much of them in Latin."
Left-wing rag Newsmax.com
"[I]t made me snarf my cran juice all over the screen."
Antonia Zerbisias, Media Critic, The Toronto Star
"Catch it while you can..." Newsweek
the mel box: malibu church of the holy family at yahoo dot com satIRE
...get it?
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I Love Dick Cheney
generalvs in christvs
Little Green Fascists
altmouse
philbert svggs
canada free press
fox news
draftmelgibson
.com (very funny, guys)
tommy delay
sammy alito
edicts of nancy
hostili
azerbic
balls and vvalnvts
helen vvheels
catch
atrios
hvffington post
kos
the iohnni svtra
echidne
angelides
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30 Comments:
Well, you could change your name to "Mel Gibson," grow a beard, develop a successful career in film by 5:00 PST tomorrow afternoon and counter-sue him . . . nahhhhh. Don't take my advice. I don't even play an attorney on TV.
By the way - that's "The Divine Miss L" - or "missal" to you!
1) Remind the lawyer that his client is a public figure.
2) Remind the lawyer that parody and satire are protected speech in America, as per the First Amendment.
3) Remind the lawyer that it is also a valid expression of free speech to tell him to fuck off.
But I am not a lawyer, so don't take this as legal advice.
On the other hand, this is what The Onion basically did when the White House threatened them for using the Presidential Seal on one of their pages.
I think you have to stop. Not because of the suit, which is utterly specious. But becuase Mel Gibson is now a parody of himself and your efforts are now redundant.
You are upsetting the Mel Gibson parody by writing about him now in the third person.
You have now undone any good that could come from your parody blogging, and should halt your blogging, not for legal purposes, but only in the name of acceptable parody blogging.
The real Mel Gibson is absolutely right to sue you.
You are the person who is insane. How do you have all the time spending your whole energy in writing all this f**k? Don´t you have any other hobbies or is it to boring while sitting in the middle of a padded cell?
Sorry, my english is not the best.(You write in latin, what hardly anyone understands and I write in german):
Laßt Mel endlich in Ruhe. Er hat niemandem etwas getan und das Recht auf seine Privatsphaere, seine eigene Meinung und seinen Glauben, der absolut in Ordnung ist!
Du bist das allerletzte Arschloch und ich hoffe, dass du eine richtig genial hohe Strafe bekommst, von der du dich nicht mehr erholst!! Ich bete zu Gott dafuer!
See you in jail, Nazi!
People get so bent out of shape over the silliest things, eh.
If I were you I would:
a) immediately place a disclaimer i the smallest font that can still be read by the naked eye somewhere near the top of the left-hand menu explaining that this is a parody and that you are not Mel Gibson. (Duh! I cannot believe anyone really thought that you were! People are stupid);
b) see if yu can find a good pro bono lawyer who might be able to advise you; perhaps the folks at the ACLU might know a lawyer who knows a thing ot two about freedom of expression;
c) stop the blog if it's not fun anymore because Mel is a party pooper, but keep going (after doing a) & b)) if it's worth it to you.
I think it's great satire and a fantastic read, although I wish Okie Lady would come back; I was starting to really like her.
Liebe Kerstin,
Vielen Dank für Ihre Bemerkungen aber es gibt in den Vereinigten Staaten die Redefreiheit. Die Satire ist unter die Verfassung den Vereinigten Staaten geschützt.
If Mel Gibson's Lawyer is threatening to sue, the best thing you can do is to open up a second parodyblog, melgibsonslawyersblog.blogspot.com, and parody him too.
By "best thing", I don't mean best legal strategy, of course.
Mel,
You have only one fuckin' choice - and yer a pussy if you don't do it - keep it goin' and make it even more brutal.
Don't get serious. Get absurd.
RP
Good god, you're Mel Gibson?? I thought that photo was of Sadaam Hussein.
I'd go with the whole "melgibsonslawyer.blogspot.com" action. Hilarious hijinx would certainly ensue.
Ooh, sorry for the bad pun there.
This blog brings hours of pleasure to throngs of people. Which is more than can be said by moviegoers (and Jim Caviezel about The Passion.
I would think that if such a blog existed, the owner would want to create a press release and do everything in his power to get as much mainstream media coverage as possible.
Do what Anonymous said and parody the lawyer too!!
or start
godhatesmelgibson.com
here via atrios.
that letter is absolute crap. follow the good advice of others above about how to respond. the blog is an obvious satire. it's easy a lawyer to write a letter like this, he doesn't care if he's right because it might work.
are you anon though? you may be outed by this, unfortunately.
I guess you will just have to go with the "punches." Its a good thing you did not parady Sean Penn, he would have simply tracked you down and kicked your ass . . .in front of the paparazzi, of course.
Definitely keep it going. IF -- and I doubt they will -- but IF they actually try to sue you, you'll win and get 1000x the page views.
First, get some ads on your site because your page views are about to increase.
Then, watch Conspiracy Theory and tell me Mel doesn't have a direct connection to god to get that dog made.
Then, get a lawyer.
Then issue multiple press releases.
Die Redefreiheit streite ich auch nicht ab. Die gibt es in Deutschland ebenso. Aber es gibt den kleinen Unterschied, ob man es unter dem eigenen Namen macht oder einen anderen Namen dafür mißbraucht. Letzteres geht ja wohl gegen die Würde des Menschen. Erster Artikel des deutschen Grundgesetzes. Ich gehe einmal davon aus, dass es in den Vereinigten Staaten nicht anders ist.
Warum hast du nicht den Mut und das Selbstbewußtsein "deine" Redefreiheit unter "deinem" Namen zu veröffentlichen? Eigentlich bist du doch ein Angsthase, oder?
Ein anti-semitischer Angsthase, ein Mitläufer, der zu wenig Selbstvertrauen hat und deshalb voll von Vorurteilen ist.
Du wirst sicher eines von den Kindern gewesen sein, die stets verprügelt wurden und nie Freunde hatten.
Du bist wirklich zu bemitleiden.
Trotzdem...: Go to jail and after it to hell, Judas!
i want my 15 minutes of fame, i want my 15 minutes of fame.
Hi, my name is, uh...
das is goode ja?
Bad enoughn Mel has me cutting and pasting like nuts to the online translator to see what the heck the fake Latin is blabbering...but now German?
Ioki noki wonki - dang forgot pig latin from my childhood days.
Satire is protected speech. I would get a lawyer and live through it. You'll be able to write a book when it's over.
I would read up on SLAPPs, nuisance lawsuits filed by rich plaintiffs with money to burn in order to silence their critics. Mel, you have done more to preserve the beautiful traditions of our beloved Catholic Church (Latin mass, opposition to moral deviance, antisemitism) than most of our recent Popes. Good luck to you on this.
A Nazi calling someone else a Nazi
Kerstin, my german isn't very gut either:
Gehen bumsen sich, sie stummes weibchen.
Another option is to write back to the lawyer begging him to sue you, because you really couldn't get better publicity, even if you had a billion bucks to spend on advertising.
Tell the right-wing asshole to go fuck himself and then contact your local chapter of the ACLU. If you need legal representation, they can either do it pro bono, or find a non-ACLU affiliated attorney to do so.
If he's threatening to sue you, guess that means he visited...wow! Can't you just imagine him bitching about you to his mates! And they'll surely visit to see what he's griping about...so on top of the rich and famous visiting you, if he sues, he'll be making you rich and famous with the book deal you'll get!!
I think he must love you really ;o)
Du bist wirklich zu bemitleiden.
Oh...oh...I'd take this seriously. When The Germans start pitying other people, as others sometimes pity less fortunate, less developed creatures, the outcome is rarely good.
...salve me, Domine!. Or better yet....Gott schütze uns vor Sturm und Wind und Deutschen, die im Ausland sind!
First tell the laywer that anything Mel has to say he should have the courtesy to address you personally.
Secondly tell them to go fuck themselves (smile while you say it).
You are under no obligation to be polite to someone that is threatening you and hiding behind a deliberate misinterpretation of the law.
These guys are scum, scum with money.
They can make your life hell if they wish so maybe if you tell them to go fuck themselves you should do it with some diplomacy, but with solid firmness.
dominus vobiscus. spiritus sancti hiberniaae condemnus omniall. liberta maledicat. Ad dominum belonga omnia celium et terram. In nomine, vitam eternam per Gibsonius melus et sanctificus.
--Anno Domini
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