Demented Rants

So, I received a message from one of the people I know who is an affiliate for GeekGirlsOnline. It was titled “Just a heads up” — so I assumed I’d linked something wrong on the last update. Boy was I wrong. Apparently Nintendo has some company as their lackey that goes around attempting to enforce their trademark. This is all fine and dandy if they are enforcing it properly. Unfortunately, they are attempting to use their own idea of what is ‘decent’ and try to get anyone using ‘Nintendo DSi” along with nude pictures, no matter how NOT hardcore they are, to remove Nintendo DSi from their text that is visible, invisible and meta.

Sorry guys, in this case, it doesn’t work that way.

A nonowner may also use a trademark nominatively—to refer to the actual trademarked product or its source. In addition to protecting product criticism and analysis, United States law actually encourages nominative usage by competitors in the form of comparative advertising.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use_%28U.S._trademark_law%29

The Lanham Act permits a non-owner of a registered trademark to make “fair use” or “nominative use” of a trademark under certain circumstances without obtaining permission from the mark’s owner. The fair use and nominative use defenses are to help ensure that trademark owners do not prohibit the use of their marks when they are used for the purpose of description or identification. Fair use or nominative use may be recognized in those instances where a reader of a given work is clearly able to understand that the use of the trademark does not suggest sponsorship or association with the trademark owner’s product or services and therefore is not being used in a manner to confuse the reader.

http://www.publaw.com/fairusetrade.html

Unlike most statutory fair use cases, nominative fair use involves the descriptive use of the plaintiff’s mark to describe or identify the plaintiff’s goods or services. While decided as a statutory and/or common law fair use case, WCVB-TV v. Boston Athletic Ass’n., 926 F.2d 42 (1st Cir. 1991), is more logically a nominative fair use case, although decided before the Ninth articulated the defense and coined the term. This case involved the use of the registered trademark BOSTON MARATHON by a television station in connection with its coverage of the running event. WCVB-TV had displayed the words “Boston Marathon” on the screen before, during, and after their coverage of the actual marathon. The First Circuit found that the fair use defense was properly asserted, reasoning that the trademark was used primarily in a descriptive manner. Because of the “timing, meaning, context, intent, and surrounding circumstances,” there was no likelihood of confusion. The court concluded that without allowing others to use the term “Boston Marathon,” it would be virtually impossible to describe the Boston Marathon.

http://www.cll.com/articles/trademark-parody-statutory-and-nominative-fair-use-under-the-lanham-act#NOMINATIVE%20USE%20AS%20FAIR%20USE

The facts are these:  I posed naked with my Nintendo DSi. I stated as a description FOR the promotional gallery for my affiliates, that it was a Nintendo DSi. My affiliates used this terminology because it is in fact a Nintendo DSi in the photos with me. The company going after people states the following:

Re: BLOG NAME REMOVED

IDENTIFIED PROBLEM: Web site uses a Nintendo trademark (Nintendo) in
the code of the page.

Dear Moniker Privacy Services,

We are an Internet monitoring agency representing Nintendo of America
Inc. (“Nintendo”). We are writing to ask you to stop using the Nintendo
properties in the hidden text/visible text/meta tags and/or title and/or
links of the above-referenced sexually explicit Web site. Nintendo’s
customers include many children and their parents. Unauthorized use of
Nintendo trademark(s)/work(s) is harmful to those customers and will
tarnish Nintendo’s reputation.

We look forward to your immediate confirmation that you have taken the
necessary steps to resolve this matter. To that end, you may email us at
StopInfringement@cyveillance.com.

Please note that these are automatic email boxes so typically no
response is sent as long as the problem is corrected.

Sincerely,
Cyveillance

Um. No. I don’t give a shit if Jesus himself surfs the web looking for a Nintendo DSi — the simple fact of the matter is that not ONLY are my affiliates in the right but I am in the right for instructing them to use the phrase in the first place. It’s describing the object in the photo. Deal with it Nintendo. You’d be pitching a goddamn fit if I put it down as some other console, so take the publicity and move on about your lives. I promise, you’ll be less like tools if you do.

Btw, a couple of the photos mentioned are right through this link: http://www.geekgirlsonline.net/hosted/athenahollow4/ (OBVIOUSLY NOT SAFE FOR WORK!)

Also, another example of how Nintendo is being rediculous, is pointed out by our friends over at KinkyGamer. I was talking to the owner about the whole situation and here’s what he had to say:

It appears to be related to the below picture of Athena from Geek Girls Online enjoying her DS while nude. The funny thing is, they did not seem to have a problem with a barely dressed girl playing the Wii Fit on youtube which got millions of views immediately following the release of the Wii Fit.

[Read the Full Post] (Also Not Safe For Work)

Yea……. off that cross Nintendo.

So, about a month ago, I asked for fans and friends to send me content ideas. I then received an email from some random guy from xpeeps:

Hi there.

I saw on xpeeps that you were/are looking for content ideas and were asking what’s something we’ve all wanted to see. I have one, but you won’t like it/will say no.

Fuck a member. Have an auction or something. Winner gets tested and agrees to be in a shoot.  Heck, even a guest photographer spot where the winner gets to “direct” you.

I’d pay serious, serious money to have a romp with you.

So ya, that’s it.
I know… I know.

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t too keen on this idea. There’s a lot of inherent problems with it, unless you have a shit load of money at your disposal and don’t mind people PAYING to fuck you. I, unfortunately, do have an issue with this. So I responded:

Unfortunately that would require also paying for said member to come out, and have us cover all expenses or it’s considered prostitution. Plus, the mandatory things I would require, most wouldn’t be ok with. Such as 2 previous clean AIDS tests from the past year, and a fully clean drug screening, as well as recent standard std tests.

I hoped would get him to back off about it. It didn’t.

Actually, you just stipulate in the “rules” that the person has to make arrangements etc for themselves. That way, they pay for their transportation and their own accommodations etc. And as far as the prostitution thing goes, you just stipulate in the rules that winning the auction is not a guarantee or promise of sex, but for your time. That way, it’s all legit/legal etc. I’ve seen it on sites before, where they do a “Win a date” or “Win a guest photography spot” kind of deal.

You’d put all your stipulations in the rules section “If you win, you must provide…” I will say, I don’t understand the drug test so much. I have my medical card for a very painful knee deformity, but I’m not a junky or anything of the sort. Plus, anyone worth meeting offline etc will be happy to oblige to your needs — including me.

I was just trying to be helpful and to offer ideas. This is legal, would make you money, AND give you content. It’s like a trifecta of win.

Good luck, Athena.

Apparently he’s unaware of the definition of the word ‘legal’. Paying for sex, even as an entry to a contest, is prostitution and not legal in 99% of the US.

It’d been a month since I heard anything. I had completely forgotten about it, to be honest. Until this evening, when I received this in my inbox:

Lets face it, you’d rather complain about the problem and get the attention and well-wishes than actually do anything to really solve the problem. The reason this is clear is because when I offered a simple and legal solution, you shot it down well.. for no real reason at all.

have fun being an attention whore — who has problems piling up and she ignores solutions. Good luck with that hun.

Huh? Do What? Because I didn’t choose your idea, I’m some how ignoring solutions?? Because I won’t do something OBVIOUSLY ILLEGAL? …. I’m confused at your logic, good sir.

No, I don’t want to fuck a stranger. Why is this a problem? Go away. Seriously. I’m the attention whore? You are suggesting I prostitute myself out illegally under the guise of a ‘contest’. I prefer being ethical, thank you.

So the full answer comes out. I was trying to be nice. I was trying to not be a bitch. But he brought it out. And then brought it out again:

What the “problem” is, is that you’re scamming folks. You’re bitching about problems, legit or not, that are easily solved. You’d rather bitch about the problem then actually solving it. You solicited suggestions and a damn good one was made. Sadly, since it may solve our problem, thus potentially ending your current problem(s), you look for a way to dismiss it.

Face it, you’d rather bitch about the problem then actually solve it — while accepting token paypal payments from strangers. Convenient — so long as they keep ponying up with money to help, you’ll happily bitch about alllll these “problems” you have.

Truth is, you prefer to complain and seek peoples’ attention.. as well as their money.

Again with the bullshit. Ugh. Some people just don’t know how to stfu. I am so fucking confused at this point, seriously. I am at a total loss….

Scamming people? You are fuckin crazy dude. Seriously.

And this ‘suggestion’ you made, even YOU said I wouldn’t like. You are either on some serious drugs or need to be on some. Stop emailing me or I will have to report you. Any contact made after this point will be reported to the authorities. You have serious issues man, and you need to see a shrink. You obviously see the world of porn as something it’s not. And just so you know, I am no taking advantage of people. I provide a service (i.e. porn, web design, what have you) in exchange for their money.

The paypal donations were for an entirely different thing. I didn’t BEG for donations, and in fact, I think I only posted ONCE asking if people could help. Sorry, there is no union or health care for the porn industry, outside of working for a big studio. I am 100% independent and will stay that way, as I like having a choice over what I do, something you obviously aren’t keen to. You’d rather throw an idea at someone and if they turn it down, you take it personally and start attacking them. Get a life man. And stay away from porn. It obviously turns you into an irate douchebag who seems to think their opinion is the only one that matters.

I still haven’t figured out if he’s ON drugs or just needs to be. And his ego, my GOD. The only reason he would have acted out like that, to someone he has never said two words to before, is if he honestly felt this was the way he was finally going to get to fuck me, or his ego is so easily bruised that he can’t take rejection on something even HE said was going to be a fail plan. *shakes her head* Mr. William, I have only one suggestion: Get a life, and stop emailing people in the industry and getting pissed when you don’t get to use your little scheme to your own advantage. Either that, or sit down the crack pipe.

**UPDATE**

He emailed back, even though I said to not contact me again. Looks like I’ll be contacting google tonight with his email address and the proof that he is cyberstalking me:

Right. I’m the crazy one.

Yes, I said you wouldn’t like it because I know you’re an attention whore who isn’t really looking for suggestion/ideas/solutions — you’d just rather bitch. I knew I was presenting a very helping solution to someone who isn’t interested in solutions, hence, why I knew you wouldn’t like it.

Right, they’ll see you being abusive, argumentative, and bating me into a response. You can’t tell someone “after this I’m going to report you” then spend two paragraphs berating and antagonizing them.

Considering you have NO CLUE how I see “the world of porn” it’s rather silly and quite absurd of you to pretend you have any understanding of how i see anything.

You don’t need a union to treat paying members of your site, who are trying to be helpful, with some amount of respect. Sorry, independent or not, all starlets sell a product and in the amateur world of porn, one would think it’s beneficial for starlets to be at least polite and respectful to paying members.

I actually didn’t take it personally at all. I was trying to be helpful to someone who was seeming reaching out for it. Yes, I’m an irate douchebag because you solicited help and I offered it, yup, all me, I’m a douche.

I’m going to go ahead and block unknown emails, because this is ridiculous and I don’t appreciate being threatened by someone whom I tried to help.

i said good day!

I love how he’s so convinced that an ILLEGAL FUCKING ACT is somehow a helpful suggestion, that I’m evil and an attention whore because I said no. I was perfectly 100% nice and cordial until he started being a total drag on my stellar mood… I take that back. He made my mood better. To know there are people out there who get so worked up over me for absolutely NO reason, makes me realize that there’s at least 1000x as many people who enjoy my work. HAH. fuck off loser.

I wrote this song way back in my super angsty days, but it seems oddly appropriate for how I feel about a few people right now:

Plea of Insanity

I tear off you outsides
rip out your insides
peel the skin from under my nails
dissect your brain
you scream in pain
and I couldn’t give a care at all
see “kill” on my face
blood is what I taste
sweet and salty under my tongue
dead upon my floor
will speak never more
all the wrong must die young

and u just scream
and move slightly
cause you’re tied down
cause you crossed me
the wrong way
the wrong way

nails on the ceiling
too much for healing
cuts of my name all over your chest
hair ripped out one by one
to me this is true fun
when it comes to assholes,
you were the best

now you can’t scream
or move slightly
because you’re dead
cause u crossed me
the wrong way
the wrong way

I rip out you organs
so your life was shortened
cause I couldn’t handle you anymore
you tried to torture me
when I said let me be
so now you’re body’s collapsed on my floor
and you’re dead!

5-31-01

The day started odd, getting up at 7:30am is not my forte, but I bore with it. A little more akward as we walked towards what I thought was Dunkin Donuts. Realizing that it was further than I had remembered, we turned back and headed to Steak & Shake for breakfast.

Some running around, taking pics, etc.

Then we stop by the area where the Rock Band tournament was to be held. We checked in to see if they had replaced the equipment they were using for freeplay. No change yet, but they claimed it was going to be changed to all official Rock Band equipment, as well as the xbox 360 version with FULL DLC collection. Sweet. They changed the prelim times from 8-10 to 4-10. Just let a judge know, they watch you score the song, and record it. The top 10 scores would go on to first round finals. It was still early. We wanted to practice, but our drummer was doing a pick up tourney for Magic.

We do some more wandering, etc. The rest of the day goes pretty well, random conversations with strangers about everything from Scientology to the downfall of gaming as a whole. The end of the day nears, and we go to find out about the Rock Band tourney. Nothing good has happened. In fact, it’s worse. The Ion drumset they had was broken, and missing the cymbals. The drum kick was glued back together, marginally at best, and you couldn’t hardly use it without it falling apart again. They still had a Guitar Hero guitar set up and it only registered 3/4 of the strums. And still had the PS3, not the 360. Did I mention it was on projection so it had a delay as well? Yea. Not fucking good. And no way were we going to PAY to participate in a tournament with shoddy equipment.

After we run to the bar, saying Fuck the tournament, we come back, talk some more with a random gamer, then head home.

I see my aunt in the driveway, thinking something’s wrong, but she just had a feeling we were about to be home and was smoking a cigarette outside. Nothing major to set off any alarm bells.

I look in my mail box, and there’s an ‘Intent to Evict’ mail notice. We are a month behind on rent. What upsets me about this is they KNOW I just had fucking surgery a little over a week ago. Him and I have been trying to find jobs, but once we mention that I had to go into surgery and that we’d both have to take a week off for my recovery, since I wouldn’t be able to take care of the kid while dosed on Vicodin.

This is just the beginning. Up and down, up and down, we can’t sleep. We come back out in the living room for the 3rd time, and my aunt is on the couch, obviously plastered, but we knew she was drinking when we came home. Not a problem. Kid was passed out and we knew we weren’t going to be out ALLLL night.

Except something’s not right. She’s mumbling to herself, and saying weird shit. She looks at my fiance and calls him a fucking loser, and tells me I’m a fucking whore and that she doesn’t fucking know us. Wait. WHAT? Then, we tell her to get out or we’re calling the cops. She stands up to push him as he grabs for the phone. I quickly put my keyboard down and inform her not to fucking touch him. She turns at me and tells me he’s an abusive, controlling fat fuck. I go off. I remind her that she was in a relationship with the same guy for over 20 years, and he got drunk and beat her every fucking weekend. My fiance hasn’t even tried to grab my hand when I walk away during an argument. She calls me a loser again and I point out that she is almost 45 years old and lives with her mother who lives off of her father’s life insurance and pension from Chrysler all those years ago.

She tries to fucking punch me. My own goddamn aunt who fucking RAISED me the first 7 years of my life, TRIED TO FUCKING PUNCH ME. She is goddamn lucky she was drunk and I didn’t have to move much. I don’t know what would have happened had she connected.

The cops arrive after we get her and her shit outside. We finally get out what’s going on to the cops and they can’t arrest her for PI because they told her to leave the property and go on the sidewalk & they can’t arrest her for trespass because she actually left our property. They (and the fiance, despite all things considered) try figuring out if there’s someone we can get to come get her. Unfortunately, there really isn’t. My grandmother doesn’t drive, my dad is home drunk (It’s Saturday. I know better than to assume he’s sober) & I don’t know her other brother & sister’s numbers. She then proceeds to call one of the cops a fat fucking pig. And we assume she tried to swing on him, because fiance walked outside to take the rest of the shit that we found of hers, out to the cops, and they ask us to bring her stuff in since she’s in handcuffs, behind her back, and wedged on the grill of the cop car. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Next we know, she’s yelling “They’re gonna kill me. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.” and after about 30 mins, they apparently took her away. We get a hold of my dad, and he, his brother and other sister are there cackling because they can’t believe she got arrested for something so goddamn stupid. And that they aren’t mad at us. AT ALL.

So now, I’m sitting here, reflecting, and I STILL don’t know what the fuck happened today. Not one goddamn bit.

Long story fucking short, I’m selling seriously discounted lifetime memberships to geekgirlsonline.com and missathenahollow.com to come up with the money we need to pay and buy us a few weeks to find a damn job. Hopefully. Or web design. seriously. anything. graphics, banners, full websites. discounted. ANYTHING.

(btw, quote by Jonathan Swift)

I don’t get people who are in sound mind, let alone those who feel it’s ‘cool’ to completely rip off bloggers and artists.

I was recently made aware of a blogger who is going by Elizabeth Shibboleth using the google blogging platform: Blogspot.com, is totally screwing over a great deal of awesome, witty, nerdy writers by flat out stealing their posts and claiming them as his/her own.

I logged into facebook and saw this post from Hyperbole and a Half’s own Allie Brosh:

Oh holy shit… this girl is the worst plagiarist ever! She’s stolen multiple posts from me and Matt Inman of The Oatmeal, as well as several other well-known websites. I haven’t checked the whole site, but she’s been blogging for a really long time, so who knows how many other things she’s stolen.

She changes tiny details of posts (or just posts the text from a comic) and tries to pass it off as her own work. For example, she re-drew my pain chart and thought that somehow that made it okay.

She does not get 24 hours notice. Attack now please.

Wow…. I mean, I totally get the want/desire to be famous, but quit Milli Vanilliing yourself ya dumb twatwaffle! Mr./Mrs. Shibboleth’s posts can be found http://elizabeth-shibboleth.blogspot.com/ She’s been sent a 24 hour take-down notice of all of Allie’s work, and I assume that the word will get around and her blog will most likely be gone by sunrise…. but if not, let’s make sure it doesn’t happen anymore from this little cunt nugget.

Moral of the story: If you are going to be so bold to rip someone off, at least have the decency to link back to their posts ffs. It’s not hard and most bloggers greatly appreciate the traffic, as long as you aren’t trying to claim or even pretend it was somehow pulled out of your ass instead of their heads.

Plagiarism is bad, mkay?

It’s been a very eventful week for many people across the planet.

The verdict against the Pirate Bay was “leaked” and caused as much of an uproar of ignorance and stupidity as the Napster trials. They were found guilty, by no shock to be honest. Software, Movie and Music organizations across the world were partying, I’m sure, as TPB were fined a total $3,620,000 and sentenced to a year in jail for each of the 4 main members. They were found guilty of assisting in making copyright content available.

As they are technically guilty by association  with the copyright material, I will not dispute it. Unfortunately, it has given the morons of the internet a voice, one that is completely ignorant and stupid.

I recently had a run in with a self-proclaimed advocate of free speech who said they deserved it because they were giving out copyright material. Unfortunately, that is absolutely incorrect. TPB was a search engine. They didn’t host a single file that was ever downloaded or uploaded to individual users. Torrents don’t work that way. You connect to a tracker, which keeps a list of people who are currently hosting the files on their computers, not a website. The torrent client then connets to those IP addresses and downloads the files, while simultaneously uploading to help keep the file alive.

After pointing out to this guy that he was wrong, and that the pirate bay was more comparable to google than anything else, he proceeded to tell me I was wrong. And I quote:

“Google is not actively hosting files for people to download..Google is a search engine .I didn’t know that I could use pirate bay in that capacity .as a search engine that is”

(His bad grammar, not mine)

He also tried to rub it in my face that my sites weren’t part of The Free Speech Coalition, and that he is somehow personally acting on behalf of me in fighting for my rights. (I’m pretty sure that’s what the ACLU is for, but whatever.) Oh, oh, here’s the kicker.

“They are Professionals and rapidshare and Pirate bay is cutting into there bottom line The Free Speech Coalition.
( www.freespeechcoalition.com ) that I am a member of Is now going after Tube sites.
REDTube and PornTube for copyright infringement. By the way The Free Speech Coalition
are the people fighting for your right to be a pornographer. I went to your site and what did I not see …Your not a member of the Free Speech Coalition .So I’m paying for the fight and your not.”

Like how he did that? He is personally fighting for me, by paying $10 to get a lousy sticker. ZOMG!

Of course, after I pointed out that he is a moron and needs to get his facts straight, he rennigs on everything. I made it very clear that I know people who work for AEBN and that there is no way in HELL the Free Speech Coalition is suing them, he claims he “misspoke”. Then, follows it up with:

“‘The pirate bay DID NOT HOST FILES’ really I know that and I know how pirate bay works”

So, he not only admitted he’s stupid, but that he is an elitist prick in the same sentence, as he follows it up with the “fact” that he PERSONALLY knows models such as Bella Star, Dana DeArmond and Masuimi Max. Whoop-de doo dude. I know famous people too, but you don’t seem flaunting it around to try and garner attention from people who could care less.

AnyWho. That was this weekend’s fun. Dealing with an idiot who think’s he’s a genius because he runs a paysite.

Onto better things than more fodder for why competency and IQ tests should be mandatory to use the internet…

8BitFM! OMG OMG OMG! I love this website. From everything I have gathered, it’s brand spanking new. I ran across them on an ad on Facebook the other night and have been in love since. Imagine a radio station that plays all your old favorites from Mario, Sonic, Megaman, add in some Remixes and Nerdcore and VOILA! You have the key to immortality… er, entertainment So spread the word people!

While surfing 8bitFM, I came across yet another ad (funny, I don’t ever remember paying attention to these things before…) and found what I feel is one of the greatest products of the millenium: Tentacle Grape Soda! You read right. Tentacle Grape.  Even the description on the About page sounds dirty:

“Each bottle of this delicious carbonated grape drink is crafted with care… and a slight feeling of breathless anticipation. As Tentacle Grape™ slides smoothly down your throat you’ll feel refreshed and full.”

Ahh… good on them for coming up with an ingenius way to use Tentacle Rape to their advantage! Oh, but that’s not the best part. There is even a recipes page that lists different ways to use Tentacle Grape, such as the JAPANESE SCHOOLGIRL and HORNY SPACE MONSTER.

Apparently power saws are the new big thing when it comes to sex toys, at least according to a 27-year-old Maryland woman.
She thought it would be great to use her power saw to attach a dildo and have someone fuck her with it. Good idea, in theory, but this theory only works if you take the actual saw-blade out of the equation.
The saw cut through the dildo (rightfully so) and sliced her twat open. What a fucking moron!
(source NBC Washington)

This news article has sparked an interest inside me to find other stupid sex mistakes, and of course, the best place to start is with the Darwin Awards. Here’s a list of some of the stupidest sex accidents:

Fantastic Plastic Lover: In 2000, a Darwin Award Nomination went to a man who liked to be asphyxiated during sex. One night, he decided to add  a plastic bag to the act, and use a vacuum to remove all the air. He was found dead, with the vacuum cleaner still running.

Shoot ‘em Off: Confirmed Living Darwin Award Nominee, Lantern, was rushed to the hospital due to a gunshot wound to the crotch. Apparently, he liked to put his shotgun to his jewels and tell his wife to pull the trigger. Needless to say, one night the gun was actually loaded and this idiot attempted to shoot off his nuts. “For being named Lantern, he wasn’t very bright.”

Mr. Happy’s Vacuum: Yet another vacuum idiot, a New Jersey man decided to try out his new hand-held Singer A-6 not on the floor, but on his dick. Unfortunately for him, he apparently didn’t read the brochure or he would have known that the vacuum is caused by a blade that is just inches away from the nozzle. Yup, Mr. Genius’ happy moments were cut short, along with his member, when he lopped off the top 1/2″ of it. The doctor’s were unable to reattach the missing piece, but at least it will serve as a reminder that one must always read the usage instructions before inserting a valuable item into a vacuum.

And finally (this time at least)….

Hot Beef Injection: So, you know all those stories about the skanky girl at your school who stuck a hotdog up her twat and it got stuck? Well it may have originated from a true source, and spread from there. A doctor was assigned to a girl that was once his high school classmate (talk about akward) who said she had stomach pains. Finally getting down to the truth in the matter, she had apparently gotten part of a microwaved hotdog stuck inside her. She said she microwaved it because it was frozen, which then softened it and let it easily break off a chunk in her cunt. Good god woman! If you are that hardup, try using a sugar-free popsicle next time. At least if it breaks, it’ll melt out of you!

And that’s all for this edition of Stupid Sex from Stupid People!