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Remember those obnoxious "whazzup!" [what's up] Budweiser super bowl commercials? Looks like somebody put one together starring Elian and friends...
http://www.geocities.com/elian_true
-- CD (costavike@hotmail.com), April 26, 2000
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too funny ; D
-- x (x@x.x), April 26, 2000.
Yeeee heeee heeee heeee heeee heeeee!!!
-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), April 26, 2000.
OMGosh!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am laughing so hard I am crying, son came into room full blast
audio on and showed me how to email it to everyone......THANKS CD,
What a SCREAM.....
LMAO
-- consumer (shh@aol.com), April 26, 2000.
Funniest thing I have seen in days! Thanks for the laugh!
-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), April 26, 2000.
This is so funny I'm gonna be laughin' in my sleep...Thanks!!!
-- Gia (laureltree7@hotmail.com), April 27, 2000.
Apparently AP took offense to their pictures being used on that
site. This is now what you find when you go there...
we recieved this, so the site is gone. sorry.
I'm David Tomlin with AP.
We've already written the Geocities copyright agent about your
unauthorized defacing and display of AP pictures on your site there.
I'm writing now about the display at:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php3?id=266
You are exposing yourself to liability for copyright infringement
that can include both fines and possible criminal penalties. We'll go
for whatever it takes to get our material out of your hands. Please
acknowledge immediately that you understand and are taking down the
display of AP pictures at the address above.
David Tomlin
AP 50 Rockefeller Plaza
New York 10020
(212) 621-1796
dtomlin@ap.org
-- CD (costavike@hotmail.com), April 27, 2000.
Did anybody save a copy of it? They can't stop us from downloading
it if we want to run it on our own computers, as long as it isn't
"published".
-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), April 27, 2000.
Hawk,
I emailed it to my hubby, I'll check to see if he saved it and get
back to ya.
Darn, censorhit. opps ship....
-- consumer (shh@aol.com), April 27, 2000.
I saved it. If you still have it in your cache, look for the file
elian.swf and save it to your hard drive. Leave your email address and
I may send you a copy.
-- (@ .), April 27, 2000.
At least temporarily, the video is also located at the URL referenced
in the AP letter...
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php3?id=266
-- CD (costavike@hotmail.com), April 27, 2000.
CD:
AWWWW site down....dog gone it. I emailed it to a bunch of folks, my
hubby laughed till he cried...
Did you read some of the responses he got? They were a delight...Bet
cha dollars to Jimmy Bagga Donuts Hawk replied....(*wink)
BTW, I went into a chat room last nite, Elian chat, got sooo much
spam today, it was unreal.
---consumer who is playing on "SAFE GROUND" BB's for now....
-- consumer (shh@aol.com), April 27, 2000.
Thanks for the help @ and consumer! I found it in my cache and got a
good copy saved. That's a good one!
Those people who are threatening to sue are really being jerks. The
animation does not favor any political viewpoint or do anything to
depreciate the value of the original photos. It is a work of art.
On the other hand, they don't seem to be bothered by the fact that the
photo is being used to undermine the law of this country by
slanderously accusing the Federal government of "child abuse". For
them to allow people to display the photo in this context, and even
profit from it by selling t-shirts for $10, is downright traiterous.
They hypocrits at AP should be sued for slander.
-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), April 27, 2000.
CNN has printed an article about this...
Whazzup? AP tries to kick popular Elian
animation off the Internet
April 27, 2000
Web posted at: 4:33 PM EDT (2033 GMT)
By Richard Stenger
CNN Interactive Writer
(CNN) -- An animated parody of the
Budweiser "Whazzup?" commercial
using the principal parties of the Elian
Gonzalez saga has disappeared from the
Internet due to legal threats from The
Associated Press.
Elian, along with Fidel Castro, Janet
Reno, Gonzalez family and friends and a
camouflaged federal agent lip synch the lines from
the popular Budweiser
television ad in a flash animation, posted days ago
on sixsite.com and other Web
sites.
But the creator of "Stormtrooper True" used AP
photos for the animation,
including the now famous image of an armed agent
confronting Elian and the
fisherman who rescued the boy, drawing the ire of
The Associated Press, whose
photographer took the photo.
Viewers going to a Geocities site that posted the
satire saw an unexpected sequel instead Thursday
afternoon: a cease-and-desist warning from The
Associated Press.
"We've already written the Geocities copyright
agent about your unauthorized defacing and display
of AP pictures on your site
there," AP representative David Tomlin wrote.
"You are exposing yourself to liability for
copyright infringement that can include
both fines and possible criminal penalties. We'll go
for whatever it takes to get
our material out of your hands. Please acknowledge
immediately that you
understand and are taking down the display of AP
pictures at the address above."
"Stormtrooper True" was taken down, but not before
logging well over 800,000
hits and showing up at several other sites, as well
as being passed around
through e-mail. Tomlin's warning gives the URL of a
second location that has
also been taken down.
Regarding possible copyright infringements, Yahoo,
which owns Geocities,
reserves the right to terminate the accounts of
users who violate intellectual
property rights.
Tomlin could not be reached for comment. But Sean
Bonner, who said
sixsite.com is his site, suspects "tons" of other
sites have posted "Stormtrooper
True" since he first did Tuesday afternoon.
Bonner, who said he created the animation with Chris
Lathrop "in a half hour or
so," said he would include links at his site to
other Web addresses that still have
"Stormtrooper True" posted.
-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), April 27, 2000.
I guess David Tomlin is the one that didn't get the sense of humor
genes that were passed along to Lilly?
-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), April 27, 2000.
LOL Anita! Lilly Tomlin, wow, wasn't she great!
David is undoubtedly one of the insurrectionists who would like to
destroy the current "satanic" administration by fabricating lies about
their motives, so any sense of humor about this incident would ruin
the credibility of his agenda.
-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), April 27, 2000.
For any who are interested (hawk?) my hubby did download and save...
Let me know.
----just dont spam thats all I ask, got ENOUGH of that by going into
a chatroom.....
ouch :-(
-- consumer (shh@aol.com), April 28, 2000.
I just found this on EZboard. Is this WHAZZUP, or something else?
Link
-- Flash (flash@flash.hq), April 28, 2000.
Darn HTML! Why does everything have to be just perfect?
Let's try again!
Link
-- Flash (flash@flash.hq), April 28, 2000.
I give up on the Hot Link. Try this URL:
www.ciaosystems.com/images/266elian.swf
-- Flash (flash@flash.hq), April 28, 2000.
Yes, Flash, that is the "wazzup" clip. Since the time that AP
requested the clip be pulled from the original website it has popped
up on a number of different locations - INCLUDING playboy.com
This has become something of a story as it has been mentioned by a
number of media outlets including cnn.com, cbs.com, wirednews.com and
playboy.com. (I even heard a brief comment and replay of it on MSNBC
tv today.)
For the latest info along with links to other sites which are hosting
the clip go to it's original homepage...
http://www.geocities.com/el
ian_true
-- CD (costavike@hotmail.com), April 28, 2000.
CD,
Great link, hubby found it yesterday. At that time they were
numbering the links, now there are SSSSOOOO MANY you have to clik on
and seee the number...
For those interested another is www.bitemytaco.com
PLENTY MORE where that came from, check on CD's latest link..
I emailed my disgust to the AP for pulling the page, all else, if you
have time and agree, please do so also.
BTW, LOTS OF NEW EMAILS went out from me today to friends...
ROFLMBO,
I dont think the AP can catch up now, its TOO late....EVERYBODY has
climbed aboard the WUZZUP wagon...
----looking around enjoying the 'drama'.
-- consumer (shh@aol.com), April 29, 2000.
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