Garrison Keillor...hypocrite
Word on the street, and in the blogosphere is that the left-wing's favorite crank and failed would-be Norwegian, Garrison Keillor has sic'd his legal department against local bloggers behind MNspeak.com.
MNSpeak recieved a cease and desist letter from one of Keillor's mouthpieces warning him not to sell a parody T-Shirt that featured the words "A Prarie Ho Companion" against a field of Wellstone green..because as Garrison himself has intimated many times, mythical Norwegian bachelor-farmers who hail from fictional Minnestota towns don't have any sense of humor.
Unless they're doing parodies of ketchup commercials, former Governors or sitting President's of the United States of America (as long as they are Republican's of course).
I'm not saying that Keillor doesn't have a legal argument, I'm not a lawyer. My point is that Keillor's claim to fame is parody and satire, and he's told people that have objected to his use of trademarked images and brandnames (remember how pissed Jess Ventura was?) to pound sand.
MNspeak is torn whether to fight Keillor or to comply...personally I'd say f*ck Keillor and the lawyer he rode in on...but then again I'm not the one facing the financial where-withall of the champion of the little guy.
So I'll do the next best thing...
UPDATE: On further reflection, it's entirely possible that Keillor is just upset about people talking about his paid escorts in such a defamitory fashion..ya think?
I mean with a mug like this, how many options does a guy really have?
MNSpeak recieved a cease and desist letter from one of Keillor's mouthpieces warning him not to sell a parody T-Shirt that featured the words "A Prarie Ho Companion" against a field of Wellstone green..because as Garrison himself has intimated many times, mythical Norwegian bachelor-farmers who hail from fictional Minnestota towns don't have any sense of humor.
Unless they're doing parodies of ketchup commercials, former Governors or sitting President's of the United States of America (as long as they are Republican's of course).
I'm not saying that Keillor doesn't have a legal argument, I'm not a lawyer. My point is that Keillor's claim to fame is parody and satire, and he's told people that have objected to his use of trademarked images and brandnames (remember how pissed Jess Ventura was?) to pound sand.
MNspeak is torn whether to fight Keillor or to comply...personally I'd say f*ck Keillor and the lawyer he rode in on...but then again I'm not the one facing the financial where-withall of the champion of the little guy.
So I'll do the next best thing...
UPDATE: On further reflection, it's entirely possible that Keillor is just upset about people talking about his paid escorts in such a defamitory fashion..ya think?
I mean with a mug like this, how many options does a guy really have?
posted by Swiftee at 6:41 PM
3 Comments:
IT's nice to see that you admit that Keillor might have a case here.
I've got to wonder how you would be reacting if this were a case of a conservative personality suing a liberal blog.
Er, sorry to burst your protective bubble there bubble head, but MNspeak is run by a couple of your bestest buddies.
grundle lips, that show's for kids; go pick on someone your own size. anyway, getting the old people mad is why fags wear prickish shirts anyway. piss me off? try and kill a black person or something really offensive
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