United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.
July 6, 2011.
ORDER
J.P. STADTMUELLER, District Judge.
Federal lawsuits seldom touch on such riveting subjects and regard so many colorful parties as the present matter. The plaintiff, Brownmark Films, LLC ("Brownmark"), is the purported co-owner of a copyright in a music video entitled "What What (In the Butt)" ("WWITB"), a nearly four minute ditty regarding the derrière of the singer of the underlying work. (Am. Compl. ¶¶ 11-13). The music video begins with an array of bizarre imagery — from a burning cross to a floating pink zeppelin — and only gets stranger from there. The heart of the video features an adult African American male ensconced in a bright red, half-buttoned, silk shirt, dancing, grinning creepily at the camera, and repeatedly singing the same cryptic phrases: "I said, what what, in the butt" and "you want to do it in my butt, in my butt." Meanwhile, the defendants are the entities involved in the production of "South Park," an animated sitcom that centers on the happenings of four foul-mouthed fourth graders in a small mountain town in Colorado. Id. ¶¶ 6-10. In the nearly fifteen years South Park has aired on Comedy Central, the four central characters have, amongst other adventures, battled space aliens,[1] hunted Osama Bin Ladin in the wake of 9/11 ala Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny,[2] and have, more recently, resolved the nation's economic woes by charging the nation's consumer debts on one of the character's credit card.[3]
In other news can anyone tell me why ta's most famous manboob-havin' user's username is being censored now?
kadomony
also this
Sushipunk
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Originally posted by astroboy
In other news can anyone tell me why ta's most famous manboob-havin' user's username is being censored now?
Long story short, he went crazy and threatened Swamper/TA with some kind of lawsuit. That was a mistake :p Ban, censor, etc.
How you doing Astro? Long time no see!
dj_alfi
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Originally posted by kadomony
also this
But OT, What are they sueing for really? Article doesn't say, and the way I saw it in the episode it was more of an hommage than anything.. I dunno... I hope the defendants win.
Edit: They aren't sueing for theoretical internet money, are they?
