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ahhHH!!11!! A tropicale ALien!!1!!
he been pre-drinking… sigh…
dat cat can boogie!
That cat’s more buzzed than a kitten on Caturday.
oh hai! dis mine kk?
Doodz is reddiez for the partyings!
he HAS A FETHER!!!!!11
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ZOMG!! Hey did u bring ice? Is da blendar werkins? I say we haves goldfizh-a-reetaz! Cuervo, behbeee!!! WOOO!!!
WHO’S UP FOR CONGA LINE?!?
OK really quick off topic: Google ad LOLZ!!
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(Oooh!! Do you have that model, but with brown hair and blue eyes, in a girl? AWESOME I’ll take two! What’s your return policy?)
Ok, now. Whare dat doggee wat iz goingz to bee da pinata?
This cat did some blow before showing up to the party – look at his eyes, you can always tell by the eyes.
i hopez this kitteh showz up at mah house on Caturday!
We can has party?
line is 4 moar tequila?
Dat NBC peacock madz wunnerful burger…burp. Pardonz.
(this is a repeat entry…sent wrong new e-mail with first try.)
Tofu, I was gonna say that. ;D
I HAS FETHERS!!!!
That cat is entirely too full of squee.
Ish happee hower sum wear in teh wrld.
Forgetta teh booz, who gotta teh bong? I’s gotta teh Maui Wowie, an’ da MUNCHEES…where da ‘za, where da chips, where da….ANYTHIN’, mon, I’s so hungreeeeeee!
I love teh kittors big, black nose! *hearts*
TOGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
i iz redy fer noo yeerz
sevin monfs erly
dat GOOFIcat.
but Gooficat makenz me wish fer Caturday.
(Wednesday not only NOT-Caturday; Wednesday moar like Yappy-Little-Rat-Dog-urday. Very full of lose.)
yay! i do shots wif kitteh.
gladys, that post is win!!
Awww yeah boyeeeeee! we gon frow down toniite! I got da favors, you gots da boozes, an’ mah uver buddeh, ha gon brings kittehs in heat!!!!
mali — you beat me to it! I was going to say,
“HEY MAN!!1!1!! SET ME UP ANOTHER BUMP!! HEY LET’S GO HAVE SOME CIGARETTES TOO!!1! HEY WAIT LET’S DO ANOTHER BUMP FIRST!!”
Not sharin! Da fethers, da booze, da babes, dey be mine!
dat kitteh NO haz partay favors – dat kitteh is fending off the crazee multicolored feathar dustar from invaydin his scratchin post! DO NOT WANT CLEANING OF SCRATCHIN POST MAMA!! GO WAY!!
This photo was taken by me, may I ask why you stole and defaced it?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kabam/326687891/in/set-72157594527309566/
I assert my copyright
im in ur flickr
defacing ur kittehs
Angele – lolcats is SERIOUS BUSINESS.
Awe! I’m sorry to see the party pewped, but I have big juicy respects for the burgers for responding so quickly to the request.
Also: LMAO @ raindog!
Angele – “This photo was taken by me, may I ask why you stole and defaced it?”
Because that’s the point of posting pictures on the internet, isn’t it?
That’s rule #1, you know. Never put something online unless you want it stolen, defaced, or used to ruin yout future political career.
i wundahs if da lolcats is be covered by da copyright fair yous parody claws… cuz… dis pic is be coming back.
Internets… is teh serius bizness!
Okay, so here’s how it works.
The claim that the author is making falls under § 106A. Rights of certain authors to attribution and integrity, which goes like this:
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[The copyright holder of a work]
(2) shall have the right to prevent the use of his or her name as the author of the work of visual art in the event of a distortion, mutilation, or other modification of the work which would be prejudicial to his or her honor or reputation; and
(3) subject to the limitations set forth in section 113(d), shall have the right —
(A) to prevent any intentional distortion, mutilation, or other modification of that work which would be prejudicial to his or her honor or reputation, and any intentional distortion, mutilation, or modification of that work is a violation of that right, and
(B) to prevent any destruction of a work of recognized stature, and any intentional or grossly negligent destruction of that work is a violation of that right.
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The “limitations” spoken of in section 113(d) really only involve incorporations into buildings and such where the removal of the artwork after the fact would be unreasonable or cause structural damage, so they don’t apply here.
So, what does this mean? Certainly, it means that Angele has a right to have her name associated with the image. It also means that she can have her name disassociated with the image, should she so desire. It also affords her the ability to have the image “un-copied” (in this case taken offline) if it were prejudicial to her honor or reputation. The language is pretty clear on this one: “any intentional distortion, mutilation, or modification of that work is a violation of that right”. Excepting in the case of fair use, she is perfectly within her rights to request that the image be taken down. Does the fair use doctrine apply?
That’s difficult to say. Just because the picture is online does not exempt it from copyright unless it is explicitly stated by the author. While parody is protected under fair use, one would have to make a case that the “humorous” usage on ICHCB is “parody”, and the two are not necessarily equivalent. The US Supreme Court has stated that parody “is the use of some elements of a prior author’s composition to create a new one that, at least in part, comments on that author’s works.” The necessary wording here is “comments on that author’s works”. Generally, I do not believe that comparing the cat to having party favors would fall under commenting on the author’s works (certainly not beyond the scope of that particular image). Thus, the ICHCB usage of this image falls clearly (I believe) in the realm of the “derivative work”, and the author is within her rights to assert copyright.
If you show her copyright clearly, and place the caption in a separate image beneath the original, it is no longer a derivative work, and the notion of fair use becomes a bit more fuzzy. If you are not making any revenue off of the image and are not harming her reputation, then who is to say it is not fair use. However… there ARE advertisements on ICHCB.
Does any of this mean the copyright holder is not being a spoilsport with no sense of humor and a stick up her ass? No, but she does have her rights.
Hope this helps.
Yes, it helped a lot. No need to type LOL on this, as it was well thought and written out. Thanks for explaining.
TL;DR
The nasty part is … it was found on Flickr, in an April photostream, marked Creative Commons / Derivative. Unfortunately, her pic was in her photostream in from December 2006. She was, however, nice enough to understand the situation, and allow me to keep it posted on the blog.
I hate content thieves.
OMG TOFUBURGER JUST DO IT YOURSELF
I was just browsing around at the pictures at this site for the first time, and I gotta say most are awesome and funny!
This is a great site, keep up the good work!
@Angele
I just want to say it’s people like yourself, people with no sense of humour, that are destroying all that is good and pure about humanity. While it is apparent you have no soul or heart, I just want to say that I feel sorry for your husband, because I would probably have basejumped without a parachute if I ever married anyone close to your personality. May god have mercy on your wicked, pitiful excuse for a soul.
it’s her picture and her right to caption or not caption it as she desires. as far as humor goes, i suspect that she mostly doesn’t appreciate her baby being described as a strung-out “party animal” as several early comments implied. since the caption added was not really that great anyways, i fail to see why anyone is complaining about someone asserting their rights.
What a sad day when people come to a good-natured humor site and make a hissy-fit over a funny picture of a cat with a caption. Makes ones lose faith in humanity, really. Yes, it’s the content creator’s right to assert their copyright rights, but is it really sensible in situations like this? Of course not, it’s just sad and pathetic.
Keep up the good work anyway, people
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I agree with him. I wonder what the original pic was? I’m sure it was perfectly harmless.