EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is in response to an email FAIL Blog received from an attorney representing Guinness World Records Limited.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thanks for writing us an email regarding the “Record Breaking Fail”. Unfortunately, douchebaggy cyber-bullying emails will only bring upon you more shame on your house. I am also resisting the urge to write this email in ALL CAPS.
I believe it is the duty of FAIL Blog(TM) to call out organizations when they encourage the public to do such things as “Break the record” for the “Most Individuals Killed In A Terrorist Act”. We firmly believe that our publication of your fail is protected under the concepts of fair use, commentary and non-trademark use. Please RTFM and we welcome you to teh interwebs.
Since we at FAIL Blog(TM) don’t have a legal defense department, we have complied with your request to remove the trademarked term and logo from the original image. We have used the “naughty bits filter” on the image to secure your naughty, naughty, trademark assertions. However, we have posted your email so that our audience can see why we had to remove the name of the failer from the image. I hope that this is the outcome you have expected as now NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW THAT GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS LIMITED HAS FAILED.
The full legal response can be read here: icanhaz.com/legalresponse
Cheers,
FAIL Blog
P.S.: This is what we think of your letter.
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First!
This is awesome, just blurring their logo! Stick it to the man! Stupid lawyers.
Failblog rickrolled me!
[b]ME![/b]
does that bold thing work?
HOW COULD FAILBLOG DO THAT TO [b]ME[/b]? THATS SO EVIL!
dam. screw you, [B].[/B]
It’s carat, b, carat, whateveryouwanttowrite, carat, slash, b, carat.
Like this.
ME
A caret symbol is: ^
A less than symbol is: <
A greater than symbol is: >
WIN!
You’re getting ownd in t3h butt ov d00m!
Yea,.. now you have to screen the answer and make a “win”-picture out of it.. xD
Epic-win.
FailBlog 1
GWR 0
hahahaha that was awesome
Michael Jackson would be proud!
fcjhghm
Dumb ass.
Agree
FailBlog’s Epic-win ;D
So FB (correctly) invokes “fair use”, (rightly) insults the fools for sending the C&D notice, and then goes ahead and does WHAT THEY ASKED?!
That’s not a “win.” At all.
dude, they dont have a defense department, they arnt taking the risk of getting sued up the ass, the WIN here is that they sent this email response
You fail for not reading the whole thing. They had to do it because they dont have attorneys.
They asked failblog to remove the site you dumbshit. They didn’t.
That, plus pwning them in a comment made them win, so shut up and SMD
Nope.
Failblog=1,000 (or however many fail articles are in failblog)
GWR= -2 (their original fail, and this fail)
Can’t blame you though, you are what you eat.
is that true? i didn’t think it was possible to give birth to myself. hmmmmm.
yes you are
Major FIRST fail!
win
and the letter v is: v
ha, totally clever! Guinness World Records failuser!
hey at least u say it
LOL It’s your companies fail that you even joined this site XD haha
OMG YOU FAIL SO HARD
Understanding the concept of “fake usernames” FAIL.
PWNED!
^ is a hyperflex accent…
let’s see
^b^ME^/b
^b^ME^/b^
So this is HTML code.
I wonder what would happen if I were to open one of these HTML tags… without closing it?
Will it break the site?
Let’s see…
(either on my part or the site’s part)
FAIL
I haven't closed a tag in a while. I always just open it.Yeah HTMLs are pretty fun
Blinky?
Apparently not. <blink> doesn’t work, and that’s not a bad thing…
Try “marquee”
marqueeeeee
Wait, never mind… it doesn’t work, either.
Did you try style=”text-decoration:blink” ?
HTML
i herd u liek it
<blink>Oh no.. no blinky
</blink>
Awwww.. LOL I got the tag through but it was html encoded < >
Just goes to show their checks aren’t recursive.. enter <bli<blink>nk> and it sneaks right through the filter.
HTMLs are a pretty cool guy, he breaks your combo and doesn’t afraid of anybody
Huge grammar fail.
way to miss the point.
point 1000% missed
I think grammar nazi is a pretty cool guy. eh fails at old memes and doesn’t afraid of anything.
^b^ LIKE THIS OR WAS IT AN EPIC FAIL?!?!^/b^
EPIC FAIL TAKE TWO
^b^three^/b^
^/test^
^/b^but now???
^/b^damn^/b^
its not working at all
^b^lastdamnedtry!!!^/b^
nono, I can I can I can!!!
didn’t know that
^b^ testing ^/b^
[b]testing again[/b]
^b^plox
NOW
i thought he said carets… T-T
does this work?
*lalalla*
test
i’m really afraid of what will happen when you all figure out ohw to link things
I can’t has cheezeburger
You mean like this?
carrots?
test
^b^Testing also^/b^
^i^And testing this, too^/i^
^b^Again…^/b^
Srsly. Just work!
And this?
^b^Let’s try breaking the HTML
Testing
Is not Aren’t HTML’s fun? And so is grammar
testtest123WOOOO!!11!shift 1
/b>
its not gonna work is it :’[
whateveryouwanttowrite
Like this?
^B^This so bold!^/B^
Well, that was an unusual fail. But, people would actually try to break the record if they were crazyy, Koo koo, or no brained!
Greater than, less than symbols. Try those.
FAILBLOG FTW!!
Failblog FAIL! :p It’s a bloody shop!
Use less-than and greater-than, not brackets.
Lowercase b.
but you have to insert a slash in the latter less-than and greater-than combo?
Yes. It’s standard HTML.
È
i like bold
and I like monkeys.
and yet nobody cares.
I like cereal.
I like rainbows.
I like monkeys eating a bowl of cereal under a rainbow.
I like you
I like watching monkeys eating a bowl of cereal under a rainbow with Brewski, while he’s wearing no pants.
You know, that didn’t happen 20 years ago.
Basic HTML is very SIMPLE
“I like turtles.”
^b^making replies is fun^/b^
^b^ I like to eat fud
^/b^
^b^ I like waffles do you like waffles ^-b^
I am goowin
I like paste.
I like watching you watch monkeys eating a bowl of cereal under a rainbow with brewski, while he’s wearing no pants, but you are wearing his pants.
i like buttered toast ;P
I LIKE PORCUPINES
OMG ME 2!
Conversely, SIMPLE HTML is very BASIC
I like pineapples.
its like doing Advanced BASIC
I like mudkips do you like mudkips
I care
You must get this all the time…But, did Caesar really live here???
FAIL
Fail
Fail
Fail
i don’t care for your caring
Yes he actually did, he moved to his summer palace in vagas to die, his death was staged so he could leave the public eye.
I DO
i like strawberrys
C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
I like bananas
reaaaallllyy?alert(‘reallllly?’);
but reaallly?
<das>>>really???
<>
<oic>
<script>
<test>
replying to yourself huh?
well well <script type=”text/javascript”>alert(‘icanhazalert’);</script>
last one i promis </p><script type=”text/javascript”>alert(‘icanhazalert’);</script><p>
“</p><script type=”text/javascript”>alert(’icanhazalert’);</script><p>”
“”</p><script type=”text/javascript”>alert(’icanhazalert’);</script><p>”"
&quo;alert(’icanhazalert’);&quo;
&quo;</p><script type=”text/javascript”>alert(’icanhazalert’);</script><p>&quo;
</p></div><script type=”text/javascript”>alert(’icanhazalert’);</script><p></div>
"</p></div><script type=”text/javascript”>alert(’icanhazalert’);</script><p></div>"
ok i give up
huh?
Test
good
that’s what she said
but not to you
…in my experience, it doesn’t have to be lowercase to work.
HTML no, XHTML yes.
HTML 4.01 Strict yes, XHTML no. XHTML isn’t going to be supported in a couple of years.
But that’s a shitstorm for another day.
Finally I got It!!!
no you didn’t
LOLOLOOLOOL
jackass
are those bewbs?
^b^ BONERS ^/b^
BONERS
YOU FREAK OF NATURE, YOU. SICKO.
I AGREE!
WHY IS EVERY ONE SHOUTING!?!
^b^i thought they were never gonna let us down
or desert me^/b^
:’[
@New1Guy thanks for the spoiler douche
I would have typed it all in caps.
LOL! Yes!
agreed… HAHAAAA genus.
The ‘unnamed’ guiness book of world records site….woops, did i type that out loud?…. is probably very emberassed that they’ve included a check mark with a star to encourage you to break the record.
Perhaps GWL, *cough*, I mean those unnamed record keeper guys, ought to not keep records on the bad crap at all? In the very least, their web guys need to rewrite the CSS for the negative records to appear differently. Perhaps rather than a “break this record” with a happy little star, it should have a link to “dispute this record” or some such.
Anywho. Failblog is a parody about how things in life are funny…when we fail…or, when other people fail. Its not funny when I fail. I like the comment down below here that mentions that FB is protected under fair use clauses. I’d say that the sceenshot is definately a transformative parody. Also, FB in no way is trying to BE a world records reporting website.
If FB’s post hurts “those guys” then its still protected by fair use. In other words, quit sniveling and fix yur website GWL.
Oh, and welcome to the interwebs to you too.
;D
Fix it? They’ve got a better plan. Sue. It’s the American way!
Isn’t Guinness Irish?
Yup. It’s too bad the don’t seem to act like it.
Yes, but so are all Americans right? Thats what they all say anyway.
Really though, they are based in London.
Please do not lump ALL AMERICANS together. I am an American and I have never said that I am always right, nor do I believe that. Thank you for your cooperation.
Methinks you should re-read what was written. I think you’ve confused what Dougal said…
You are correct. See, I am frequently mistaken. I jumped the gun due to some of the American bashing I have seen here lately. I apologize, Dougal. And I am part Irish.
Thank you for pointing it out, Shushnik.
Hey! A fellow part-Irishman!
(I’m half Irish)
Can only claim a quarter Irish, but still proud and drunk as hell on St. Patrick’s Day! :intoxicatedgrin:
I’m a mystery mutt – but people always cry Irish when they see my carpet. I mean hair.
firecrotch!
Wow lots of Irishness today
I feel at home 
Freaking pasty kinned potao eatin’ Irish jacka**es
i am american and i hate americans…in general… not all, mostly me is who i hate
Believe me if the person who wrote that letter was Irish they would have been severely beaten at school.
Actually that’s probably why they wrote the letter. Sorry, we will try to refrain from school beatings in future.
Um, by asking if Guinness was Irish, I believe they were referring to a very yummy stout beer. And yes, it’s Irish and goes well with Jameson’s.
As long as you don’t mind having to chew your beer that is
Oddly no! Guinness is owned by Diageo which is a nice friendly multi-national.
Technically, the Guinness World Record organization is now Canadian, but based in London, England. They were originally part of the same Guinness as the renowned brewery, but Diageo sold off the Records business in 2001. It’s currently owned by Canadian media giant Jim Pattison Group (the same people, believe it or not, who own Ripley’s).
So – as a native Irishman now living in Canada, you have no idea how utterly depressing this fail is to me.
You can’t put a company’s actions and place them against the nation in which they are based in. It is like saying what Conrad Black did is common place for all Canadian corporations, which in fact is false. Conspiracies of the government and huge corporations aside of course.
Not anymore. From their site FAQ:
We are no longer owned by the Guinness Brewery or any of its affiliates. In February 2008, Guinness World Records became part of the Jim Pattison Group, one of Canada’s largest privately owned companies which is a conglomerate of interests, including advertising, broadcasting, grocery stores and automotive retailing.
D’oh! Hope they don’t sic the lawyers on me for quoting their site!
FBI!! OPEN UP!!Fail Blog Institution?
Count me in!
Maybe if someone buys them a beer they’ll lighten up.
I’m thinking of suing as well. I laughed so hard at this post I had an asthma attack!
As I.
We should really consider a class action suit against GWR for this attack on respiratory health.
OMG SUE SUE SUE IM AMERICAN SUE SUE *boner*
I’m british really ^_^ Even if i got run over i wouldn’t sue
It’s the british way, just write a stiff letter to the government.
Before you insult American culture with that high and mighty “British are so superior to Americans” attitude, perhaps you should check the address on the email, genius…
Legal and Business Affairs
Guinness World Records
Drummond Street, LONDON
that… that’s London Ontario. Nice try though!
Erm, it is still a fail. Canada =/= US
Uh, no. That’s not a Canadian postal code in that address. Nice try though.
Riiiight.
Guinness World Records headquarters is in London, England.
Yeah, nice try indeed…
thx Paz for the chuckle. i heart clever!
This is hilarious!! Is there any online website that isn’t pissed off at FailBlog? I mean, we all know about the ongoing disputes with FailBlog and Youtube…
That was a serious WIN, FailBlog!!
Sue me!
@MEEP – Tard
you took it down because you don’t have a legal defense dept? Whats the point in claiming fair use if you don’t use it? Pussies. Wow, you really failed at sticking it to Guiness.
claiming fair use requires a lawyer (or a really foolish failblog owner) to go write a legal response or go to court.
some battles are worth fighting, others are worth posting on the internet for everyone to laugh at.
You think those idiots at Guiness would actually take this website to court over something so stupid? That would NEVER happen.
they didnt take it down… and they made a great point to say that it wont help GWR at all
A lawyer isn’t required to write a legal response. In this particular case, it COULD get tricky, but overall copyright law is pretty cut and dried, and any resistance to their “o noes legal ackshun” threat probably would’ve shut their mouths.
For example, leaving it up, and seeing if they know how weak their claim is. If they do, this could be one of those (frequent) occurences where they are going to send out a C&D for shits and giggles to intimidate you, but have no intention of actually suing. So the response would be ignoring the letter, and risking suit. No lawyers needed for that, assuming this is one of those instances.
You mean GWRL is still around? Hmm, wouldn’t have known except for their decrepit chain of fraudulent oddities.
By the way, by posting that page, Guinness World Records could technically be fined and some of the employees jailed under British Law for incitement to commit terrorism.
Now, I know they aren’t really doing that, but if we are going to get legal…
Way to go, Failblog!
Total win.
I believe douchbaggy cyber-bullying is a legal term.
Where is the legal response?
I have found just a video (old one) and the below cached link
(http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:2z3DDypOteUJ:newsbrane.com/brane/feed/748/+http://icanhaz.com/legalresponse&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk)
Lame
more like 1,171st comment.
I would like to point out the Case of Gyles v Wilcox and the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 107.
That section states,
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 17 U.S.C. § 106 and 17 U.S.C. § 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include:
1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
2. the nature of the copyrighted work;
3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.
Well Obviously Failblog is not making money using their logo and the use of the logo is only providing validation of their company being the owner of said page as well as the link being shown (or was) in the screen shot pointing to their site.
Failblog is obviously NOT saying it IS Guinness only referencing it in this screen shot. Hence Fair Use applies. I think Failblog should restore the original image and tell Guinness where to stick it.
SHADDDDUUUUUUUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry…
there is nothing to be sorry about. FB is indeed protected by fair use: this is parody. they should not have removed the logo. don’t cave in to those douchebaggy cyber-bullies.
I believe Larry Flynt (sp?) set the precedent for pointing out that parody is legal.
That’s not entirely accurate.
Fallwell v. Hustler resulted in the judgement that celebrities cannot sue for “intentional infliction of emotional distress” when the material in question is clearly and obviously a parody.
Actually, it is not parody, since the image presented wasn’t modified in any way (prior to the “naughty bits filter”). However, it is still fair use, as it is a brief, editorial usage, leaving all rights and responsibilities with the trademark holder.
Actually if you check the archives on w3b.archive.org (change the 3 to an e), you can find archives of this page that have essentially the same layout, but none with the “Break this record” link. If you look at more vanilla records on the site from around the same time, most of them have the “Break this record” link, so I’m going to guess this is a parody being passed off as a real screen grab, which is bordering on libel if you ask me.
I was wondering about failblog being a 3rd party in this matter anyway. The image was submitted by someone who either did a straight up screen grab or altered it.
Section 230 isn’t going to apply here, since FB is an active content editor. They’re too selective about what they post for the Drudge/AOL defense
Not necessarily. Judging by the fact that the archive doesn’t have anything newer than a 2006 copy, it’s entirely possible that during a site update or whatnot, the “Break This Record” option was added to the page, either on purpose or, more likely, accidentally.
Good point, but since the attorney didn’t say that, it would make sense that this was a real image. I don’t think they would have passed up such an obvious chance.
I wrote a similar comment wayyyyyy down below, but it’s stuck in moderations due to including links, so here goes again.
If you do a backlink check on the old page using Yahoo you can find a number of forum and blog posts from 2003 linking to it, and they were back then commenting on the “break this record link”. So seems the link was actually there at some point.
Wayback machine copies of the page for 2003 and 2004 are partial framed versions missing all navigation links so you cant tell if the bad link was there or not back then. 2005 and 2006 copies of the page don’t have the bad link there. 2007, 08 and 09 have nothing for that page. Either way the link was removed ages ago. Looks like the page itself was removed more recently, but it’s not stuck in Google’s cache so was likely not removed just within past few days or so since the FailBlog exposure.
Maybe failblog can stumble across the United Airlines Breaks Guitars video on Youtube, in like 3 years for now, and resurrect another old forgotten public relations ‘faux pas’ from the dead again. lol
I was wondering about failblog being a 3rd party in this matter anyway. The !mage was submitted by someone who either did a straight up screen grab or altered it.
*please excuse my !mage mistake*
troll! ima piss mah self!! gtfo
Urine is pretty healthy for your skin, you know
It is?
Explain that to millions of lil’ babies with Diaper Rash!
The Uric Acid in Urine cases the red irritated skin!
But meep, have you tried drinking it? It’s sterile
and has lots of minerals and good stuff in it!
I believe I’ll just take your word on that, thanks.
Only drink it if urine a desert.
Aaaaaand there goes dinner!
(There you go K@)
*Barf*
Yay! We just lost another pound thanks to the Fail blog diet plan!
I dig your attitude. Wait a sec … isn’t that bulimia? That’s not good for you, you know.
But..but..I’m getting skinny!
The worst case scenario is that I kick the bukkit and join the zombie horde…right?
Let’s just hope you don’t become a bulimic zombie.
Nah, if I’m a zombie I don’t have to worry about my weight.
Stuff will be rotting and falling off all the time.
But what about those Boomers in L4D? Dont they barf constantly and STILL dont get any skinnier?
Hmmm… you lost me right after “Boom”. Is this a video game thingy? If so, I’m afraid I’m ignorant. I don’t play video games. Sowwy
Yes, he’s talking about Left4Dead (a video game). What he doesn’t realize is those Boomers stuff their faces like pigs as soon as you aren’t looking at them, which explains why they are constantly barfing when you are.
*barfs*
I try really hard not to barf. I am actually quite proud of my iron belly, even if it is shaped like a keg.
and if it’s good enough for the astronauts…..
I could use some Tang… LOL
Hm, I’d try it mixed 50/50 with vodka, but then, all the good stuff would be equalized again by bad alcohol
do you google this shit?!?!?
Bananas!
OooooooOOOOoooOOOooooOOOh.
That sounds painful – you should have a doctor look at that.
No one can help me.
What you need is an ohectomy.
SNTJ, got a scalpel?
Are you in here talking to yourself, Dr. Brewski?
Yeah, there’s No One Nicer than Jenny
(poor fellow going senile; thinks he’s a Doctor & talking to thin air)
This may become wierder than the finale of St. Elsewhere.
Scalpel
*hands*
I added the Jenny part back in the name for you, and now you call me SNTJ?????
I’m just assuming that was aimed at me so…
To make up for it I won’t volunteer you for the train track.
Hmmmm I think we are moving at the speed of a real E.R.
*I feel a little overwhelmed from the amount of stuff I missed today.*
Today was a bit hectic, wasn’t it?
I think it must have been the lurk convention that threw everyone off their game.
I also need those X-rays, STAT!
Dragon said there would be days like this.
*takes break*
*drinks 8 Pepsis*
*ponders the plural of Pepsi*
*Sets X-rays on the counter*
My hubby took the extra pizza to his fellow workers last night. They thought I bought it for them
*prefers Dr. Pepper*
*figures it would be Pepsii (pronounced Peps-Eye)*
*Examines X-rays, not lookin to good.*
I wonder what kind of favor you can call in off that one.
Larwick passed away just after 6:00pm this evening during a routine ohectomy. There was no doctor available to comment on the situation.
*goodnight*
Dearly Beloved, we gather here today to celebrate the tragic death of our dear friend Larwick. He/She/It enjoyed life even to the very end.
He/She/It contributed greatly to the FailBlog Community blissfully inserting odd comments with a well meaning generosity. I shall always remember Larwick saying, “OooooooOOOOoooOOOooooOOOh,” and always wonder what it meant.
*Sniff*
I remember once when Larwick said
“OooooooOOOOoooOOOooooOOOh.”
I laughed so hard that day, but I was making fun of him and now I feel like a terrible friend.
He/she/it will be missed dearly by all that knew him.
Jawsus is it your birthday again?
Ok, they have no legal department. How many law firm employees do we have around here that can help them out?!
hehehe… I don’t think they need helping out.
*roffles*
but I will help them anyway
Very true.
*squeeze* Good to see you out from behind your alter ego.
*SNORK!!!*
I love these guys.
I have to say, this is one of the funniest fails ever!
I just love the ‘douchebaggy cyber-bullying’ phrase.
“Welcome to teh interwebs.”
They got sent through the Naughty Bits Filter.
They should put a can of Guiness over the logo.
LMAO @ the term “naughty bits filter” though!
You’ve been drinking too much beer. It’s “Guinness”!
You’ve been drinking too much beer if you think there’s a such thing as too much beer.
But yeah, sorry about the terrible offense of misspelling the beer that eats like a meal.
*Drools at mention of favorite beer*
Number fourteen. The naughty bits of an ant.
They even Rick-rolled them. Instant classic.
I’m still laughing at the “naughty, naughty trademark”!
That made me laugh so hard lol. The fact that FB would do that to Guinness Book lmfao! I love FB lol.
Hanko
*squeeze*
The real Betty is back!
*snorks! at FB crew*
*give jam a welcome back boop*
Woohoo!
*squeeze*
*gives Dragon a mind-meld smooch!*
*boops and squeezes all round*
Who's the alter ego?*squeeze*
It was youuuuuuuuuuu!
Heh heh heh heh!
(Like you didn’t know. *squeeze*)
Afraid I haven't really been around much in the last couple months so I didn't meet much of SpongeBetty. I wonder if anyone will ever guess my sneaky alter ego...Blog Ninja, its been awhile.
Ooh! Ooh! Ninja battle!
I don’t advertise the fact that I’m a ninja thus reducing the attention from everyone.
*Disappears from thread in plume of smoke*
That fact is only fairly known, Rian.
Where the hell have you been?
*grabs Rian for a squeeze*
Not here apparently….
I’ll get you my pretty! And your little dog too!
*flies off on broom*
Ninjas aren't magicians, dumb@ss.Dear GOD! WHAT IS THIS?!?! I'm at a loss for words...there can only be one ninja...Oh, and by 'awhile' you must mean: we have never actually met. I've just noticed you while sneaking around.Of course, that is what I was implying. It is always nice to talk to another ninja, however.
Hmmm... I suppose... Although it might take me a while to get used to the idea, I won't do to you what Boggy did to me.Yes, I heard about that, and thank you for not subjugating me to that. I apologize for any inconvenience, it is always an honor to meet a higher ranking ninja.
Well it looks like you will have to be doing most of the representation from the ninja side of things around here for a while. I usually don't go on too much during the summer.paralegal in 2nd year of law school here.
Sweet, bonus fail! Isn’t it funny how some entities have to cut off their own noses to spite their faces?
I just hope they don’t get pissed off. It doesn’t require a case with merit to make life hellish for a small company.
I am really sorry to hear that. More proof that lawsuits hurt everyone.
Just playing devil’s advocate here, but there have been quite a few beneficial lawsuits throughout history. Don’t you think?
Of course. Litigation is quite necessary. But unfortunately, the rich and powerful can abuse it.
I know Brewski, I was just playing with Chris and hopefully starting a litigation themed pun run with my devil’s advocate line. My mom owns a company that was just sued by a much larger competitor. The case was eventually dropped but she still owes her lawyer 150K. Yikes.
But what I should have said was “how dare you come into my courtroom without any briefs?”
Where’s Leila? We need her to say “I OBJECT!!”
I OBJECT!
What do you call a million lawyers buried up to their foreheads?
…
A good start.
What’s the difference between a lawyer and a catfish?
One is a scum sucking bottom feeder….and one is a fish.
*snork!*
*RIGL*
What's the best way to save a drowning lawyer?Take your foot off his head.
Yes, lawsuits CAN be good, but, like most good things, can be taken to excess. Hence another stereotype: The person who sues everything, and when someone says something bad to them, like “I think you should stop sueing people” they scream “I’LL SEE YOU IN COURT BIATCH!”
I’d venture in the age of teh interwebs, that kind of douchebaggery would undoubtedly backfire in the face of any “much much larger” company.
Fart
Beans, beans, the charmed Legume. Eat a pot and clear the room.
Beans, beans, the magical fruit. The more you eat the more you toot
or
Beans, beans, are good for your heart. The more you eat the more you fart!
LOLS! idk how i found this but uh… yeah.
Last!
Ahem.
it’s a JOKE, I swear!
the anti-first!
*stands next to Arthur and gives skwirrlgrrl a stern look*
sorry if it didn’t come across the way I meant.
*shakes head then puts hand to cover face*
Dear God, why?!?
*walks away crying*
Is it died?
.
*quickly buries self before FOOMing can begin, calling out behind him*
KIDDING!! KIDDING!! KIDDING!!!ONE!!ELEVEN!!
*un-buries Zombie, douses him in lighter fluid, then lights him on fire*
So…much…pain….
*Crawls into fetal position giving quiet whispers and frantic eye glances*
*is thankful the living typically can’t tell one corpse from another*
Would never actually douse you Zombie, where would I get my kicks and giggles?
Nah, have a cookie.
*steals ZAs cookie* man after all that murdering-i mean ummm shopping i did vvv down in the thread, im pretty hungry. * chomp chomp chomp*
*stands next to Arthur and Dragonwriter and gives skwirrlgrrl a stern look*
*Walks in*
*Also gets stern look*
Mommy!
*Runs away hands flailing*
Skwirrlgrrl, I think you should bow to the general consensus and refrain from such comments.
*looks innocently at Arthur*
*Salutes Admiral*
Hello, long time no see.
I’ve already apologized…. I really meant it as a hit on the ‘firsters’, which I find offensive as well…
Sorry again.
*boops skwirrlgrrl’s nose*
Come on guys!! She got the message a long time ago.
*squeeze for skwirrlgrrl*
*wipes eyes*
*squeezes back*
can I take the hair shirt off now?
Yes, but you must continue to self-flagellate for twenty more minutes!
…Just kidding! This was all just a bit of good-natured ribbing. Believe me, if you’d really made someone mad around here, you’d know.
*gives skwirrlgrrl a cookie*
Wait a minute.
Who made that cookie?
Be warned – those could be Dark-side cookies…
tsk tsk… I don’t believe Dragonwriter is in the habit of handing out Dark-side cookies to non-trolls…
*gives skwirrlgrrl a compassionate squeeze*
it’s okay; I got put in the pun run breaker time out a few fails back; then my comp froze and this is the first I’ve been able to get back on…
thanks vlm!
*squeezes back*
Qwaz, I brought the cookies to Dragon’s party. She just brought them along. As promised before, they are dark-side free cookies.
dark side cookies are never free, you pay with shares of your soul, the soul shares market goes up and down depending on the style of noel feilding’s hair, lol
But the evil acts that you do when you eat Dark Side cookies helps burn calories.
Sweet! (literally!)
But by now I’ll bet they’ve gone cold.
Sorry about that
oooh thx!
but I need both hands to self-flagellate!!
*tries to put down the cookie*
*runs in and grabs lonely cookie*
*zips away as fast as she can*
Hey!
*takes off running after Mrs. B*
*gets tangled up in the whip and trips*
I’ve been tangled in a few whips mysel- I mean…cough… Here’s another cookie, freshly baked batch.
*Hands over cookie*
Now that cookie I would not trust. ^
thanks!
*hopes this isn’t the Dark-side cookie but isn’t sure how to tell the diff*
*nibbles*
It’s worse than Dark Side cookie. It’s a Ninja cookie! Here, have a batch of pirate cookies. They have rum in them.
Um. If you take off your hair shirt will you still have on your hair pants? I wonder what a nakkid squirrel looks like???
hrm… this comment is to Skwirrlgrrl way up there
could have been fir…
But you weren’t that clo…
Posting in an epic WIN
damn it why did i click the link ¬_¬
my new favorite FAIL!
Well played, Failblog. *salutes*
*gives failblog the clap* Excellent!
*clap!…..clap!….clap!…clap!..clap! clap! Clap! Clap! CLAP! CLAP!CLAP!!CLAP!!CLAP!!*
clap clap clap clap clfap cfap fap fap fap fap fap fap
is that the sound of u jacking off?!?
probably just has the clap…
*gives failblog antibiotics*
That’s just sick.
You’re just sick
*Gives Quaz antibiotics*
**Qwaz
Aww I was going for the pun run there. But thanks!
Now I’m all healthy!
No prob! and awww I messed up the pun run =( Sorry =( I guess that was just an ILL-written comment =)
Injects this run with some extra punicillin.
Thank you, I thought it was about to Diabetes
That’s always a pain in the aspirin.
But the run didn’t die! It’s just that it FLU over my head at first!
You’re going to have to shape up if you want some influenza!
Some of our puns have gone moldy.
At least they aren’t plaguing this thread..
I wouldn’t say that, these pun runs are contagious.
Good one.
I give you a spore of 8.
Ack!!!
Virus!
*barfs all over thread*
*Quarantines entire section above*
I’m sorry…we can’t let it spread to the rest of the interwebs.
well link win?
LOLOLOLZ Sick burn WIN
This website has some good arguments about why what Failblog did was in fact legal.
http://www.eff.org/issues/bloggers/legal/liability/IP
Malicite needed in aisle four. Malicite, aisle four.LOL!
Almost as funny as the responses from Teh PirateBay!
Hey… I didnt want to read alll that text… where’s the fail?
Read the text at the top of the page.Evidently, YOU are the fail.
“alll that text” is the win.
Fail Blog Visitor Fail.
Read the text, we would have to write the whole post for you to get it anyways.
Way to go, FAILBlog. Throwing their trash right back in their faces. Too bad these lawyers don’t know enough US copyright law to understand “fair use”.
And Rickroll=win.
GWRL Fail!
All that and a RickRoll too… gotta love it.
Understanding the point FAIL.
They asked for you to remove their logo. They never asked for you to whine about why you deserved to publish the FAIL to begin with.
Oh look, the Guinness book of records employee!
I think you may have missed the point here.
Don’t pay him any mind Avis. he clearly works for the GWRL.
This is clearly an Understanding the Humo(u)r FAIL.
: eyeroll smiley :
He does not go to the head of the class? *winks*
*tsk* There’s one in every FAIL thread…
ach! Guinness Book Troll!!!! *he does not pass go and collect 200 dollars*
It is also an Understanding the Point of the Reply FAIL. John is full of crap.
Damn, I reposted the Dragon Eye Roll sushi link, but it’s not releasing from moderation.
Understanding the internet FAIL
Y’know…I’m pretty sure if I worked for the GWoR I’d feel the same way about your website trolling all over my hard worked, expensive copyrighted logo.
Yeah…it seems like a sense of humour FAIL is required to work within those four walls in London…and I certainly qualify there.
Excellent response and I look forward to their next missive!
Ok, so now i read it ALL and Im confused…
Reading Comprehension FAIL.
I LOVE IT! TAKE THAT GWRL!!!
Rickrolled=*EPIC WIN!*
My Goodness My Guiness.
*hands Aja a Guiness*
Here you go.
Woo.
Good thing nobody noticed the missing n.
Oh, wait…
*stares at Aja with a disapproving look*
*gooses Brewski*
Can we set a world record for spamming their message boards with U FAIL?
Maybe they could sue themselves for ruining their own ‘hard-worked for’ reputation….
they have a message boards? lets troll them to hell
Did he die?
At the risk of further infringing on trademarks… BRILLIANT!!!
LOL
well done!
What a bunch of sanctimonious losers.
good job, failblog. keep it up.
Truly a remarkable fail.
That darn unknown world record site.
They know the rules and so does FB.
I can’t believe you just rickrolld the guinness book of world records
aha
evree1 already nos its guiness
I’d say: World record fail!
Makes me wonder if they’ll then ask you to remove the mention of their name period.
this is effin fantastic!! reminds me of the responses left by piratebay
Awesome! Trust theirs lawyer to turn a simple Fail into an epic douchebag lawyer FAIL!
Lawyers are false! We cants trust them now can we precious?
The lawyer is a lie?
It’s a huge lawyer fail IMHO, as it looks very much like a form email. I doubt whoever sent it realized the context at all. They’ll learn the hard way to spend a few minutes doing research before firing off something like this. Or they may be so big nobody will give a damn.
It’s a FAIL WIN! I think my head just imploded. How is it possible for FAIL to WIN?
I’ll have to say, I fully approve of your method of Rick Roll.
I bet the poor sap is required to go click that =p.
Pwnt.
Failblog= EPIC WIN!!!
IN! YOUR! FACE! (link included, may contain traces of Obama!)
That was pretty funny.
Oh, look! You can follow these FAILers on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/craigglenday
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/editor/
How do I write to Guinness World Records to harass them? I also dare someone to use the right disguising materials and send their lawyers a computer hack like in Jurassic Park.
Speaking of being “douchebaggy”, what an unbelievably childish response to a valid complaint.
You see a valid complaint?
FAIL.
Where?
Surely you can’t be referring to anything that occurred here? Guiness World Records self-pwnd and got called on it, got their knickers in a twist and got laughed at for trying to suppress the fact that they invited people to TRY TO BREAK THE RECORD FOR MOST PEOPLE KILLED IN A TERRORIST ATTACK.
Were you planning to try? Is that your issue, here? Because any self-respecting company would have said, “Thanks for drawing our attention to that record breaking fail – we’ve fixed the website.”
Well said, Rosie!
*Applauds*
Actually, they didn’t. The image was altered, if the wayback machine is any indication. Thus, the company was understandably miffed that they appeared insensitive.
Can’t really blame them, if the internet archives are to be believed.
Bless you – you believe it was faked? That’s adorable.
I linked the evidence here from the Wayback machine but it was eaten by this site. You can check it out for yourself.
I had no idea the GBWR had enough power to change the history of the internet itself! It’s a CONSPIRACY!!!!elebenty!!!
Well, you guys should be smart enough to blur logos to begin with.
I can’t believe I just got rickrolled by failblog.
Their terms of service say that users must be at least 13 yrs old to access the site, but they have a section called “kids” with games designed for 5 year olds to play. FAIL!
Oh yeah, and one of the games involves kids smashing watermelons by head banging.
Good for you. What a bunch of jerks to have a record like that in the first place.
Epic.
totally just checked their website… they removed the record from their site… I even tried to manually go to the link listed in the screenshot and got a 404: File Not Found error.
Lol, I did the same. Their server logs will show ample 404 requests to that page over the next few day.
A backlink check shows a bunch of old forum posts and blog posts linking to that page from back in 2003. Some with commentary on the provocation to break the record. http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=link:http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp?ID=53241%20-site:guinnessworldrecords.com
And wayback machine still has the page, sans “break this record” link
http://web.archive.org/web/20050910234412/www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=53241
That was 2005 (wayback), so looks like the offending link was removed ages ago. FailBlog is far from furst!!1! on reporting this fail.
It was removed in 2006, actually.
Maybe Guinees (Misspelled on purpose!) needs to get thier heads outta thier @$$es and realize the real issue here: THE FACT THAT THERE IS A “BREAK THIS RECORD” LINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
LOL! (I’m all outta intelligent responses)
That doesn’t stop some people from posting
WIN!!!
VICTOLY! It’s mine!
No, it’s not! It’s MINE!
Well then I’ve been lied to, because Stewie Griffin is always telling me victory is his!
FAIL is victorious today.
hi everyone! did you miss me!!!
i was on vacation. 
Hey, Tofu!
hey!
Welcome back Tofu. Did you go somewhere fun?
yup!!!
missouri and arkansas. a lot more fun than you think!!
There’s plenty of fun to be had there.
*nods*
*has never been to America*
Did you have a good time?
yup!
Stupid douches. It’s their own damn fault they put that up to begin with. Guess we should start being a little more careful with what we post up on the internet, huh dumbasses?
Score one for WIN Blog.
Oh this made me laff.
This made my whole day.
Tnx cheezpeeps!
Well then, that’s it. I’m off to kill as many employees of the GWRL in a massive terrorist attack….. oh hang on… no i’m not that’s a really naughty thing to do.
Holy crap FailBlog rickroll’d us!
We are considered acceptable collateral damage. Suck it up and laugh along with the rest of us!
I wasn’t complaining about it, I just think it was nicely done XD
It appears they removed the record. Looking for it in google cache…
LOL The Guinness team don’t know about the fail.
I like the fact that they didn’t blur out the GWRL guys address…
testing
how was your test? did you pass?
Well, rats, now I’ll never know that the folks at Guinness World Records are capable of a monumentally tasteless fail. I’ll simply have to guess that it was them and assume that they are a bunch of complete idiots who thought it was best to slap someone else (FB) for pointing that out to them rather than just own up to it.
Fail Blog win!
This was so full of WIN! I lolz.. right down to the rick-roll. Gotta love it.
Wow. Brewski, I found the lurkers! FB lured them out! Only a troll or two in the bunch! They are a mite repetitive, but look at them all…
Lurkers, lurkers everywhere!
It’s a little crazy, isn’t it? I don’t think I’ve ever seen this many on one fail before.
I have. For some reason, they come out of the woodwork whenever FB posts something of a personal nature–a message, a contest, an email. They really like it when the cheez talks to their peeps.
…Hee! I do, too, actually.
It is definitely nice. This ‘fail’ is awesome. I was just a little awed by the number of lurkers that posted, especially after Brewski tried to lure them out and only got two or three responses.
I think a lot of these people don’t normally do the comment section. There are some lurkers who actually read what we write. Then there are the majority lurkers who rarely read the comments, and only post when a major urge hits.
I lurked, and eventually I got sucked in.
I never used to read the comments, then I got “the urge”. And I thought, WTF?! What’s with all these comments? They’re not talking about the fail, either!!
I always found the comments section to be far more entertaining than the fail itself. I too, was just eventually sucked in.
Don’t say that! Can’t…take…the pressure!!
I don’t do it as a performer, I just like goofing around with friends. I prefer to not think about anybody else being out there.
I second that opinion.
*Waves awkwardly at camera*
Camera?! I thought I took care of those!
*grumble grumble*
*Sneaks in to photograph celebrity Fail Bloggers*
*Zooms in on the lovely Ms B*
*Hopes to finally get shot of Brewski without trousers for the cover*
EEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
It’s Qwaz!!
I know all about all your Failblog works!! Like, remember what you said with post #219 on the bicycle fail?? OMG!! You’re so awesome! Can I have your autograph??
Sure, Brewski!
But first let me show you one of my jerky celebrity tricks.
*leaves without signing anything*
My god, what have I become!?
*comes back, Gives Brewski a complete signed record of everything I’ve ever done.*
That looks pretty heavy…
But valuable!
*does a big song-and-dance number with a show-stopping ending*
I loves me an audience.
*is whisked off stage by a giant hook*
*drops hook*
*SMOOCH!*
Wheeeeeeeeee!!
Oh, wait…that was the last fail.
Well, now that I’ve finally caught you, I’m going to wheeee, wheeee, wheeeeee!! all the way home.
I wasn’t trying to imply that you are a performer or anything like that, silly. I was trying to imply that this is such a nice, friendly, fun atmosphere, everyone is so cool, and it is hard not to want to be a part of. But also why so many lurk. They see, they would partake, but fear the shellacked mackerel of rejection.
I know what you meant. Like I said, it’s just weird to think there might be somebody that knows all about me, but I don’t know anything about them. I suspect there aren’t that many lurkers out there, actually. I was curious so tried to see how many would bite on my invite. Not many!
No, because most of them aren’t interested in biting… *nibbles*
Welcome. Lerqer1. I see you found our Vice Provost.
Hee…!
I was disappointed that I couldn’t participate meaningfully for your video powering today. Not surprisingly, your energy was strong enough to power a bonus fail, too!
Your participation is never meaningless.
*smooch*
I like keeping you in stitches, is all.
*smoooooooooooooch*
Fortunately, I didn’t need them today!
*whew!*
So, do you think there are more posters than those that only read? I think human nature suggests the opposite, that many more watch from the sidelines while an active core group participates. I would guess the ratio is at least 10:1.
Eeek!
No!
Wow, I actually got a bit teary-eyed reading that comment.
Perhaps maybe the cheez can explain the change in smilies while he’s here . . .
Lurker baiting! My new favorite sport!
*takes the bait*
*baits hook*
*casts into thread*
*Chomp* Damn! That’s twice in 4 days. That’s one irresistible bait!
Ha! I’m quite the fisherman.
I am a lurker .. until I click this add comment button, then I wont be any more
Have a cookie, Plonk!
It’s like an opportunity to look beyond the curtain and see what the wizard is doing.
But hopefully without the disappointment of seeing that it’s just a pathetic, miserable old man scared pantsless by a young girl?
Nothing wrong with a pantsless man though…
Speaking of…where’s Brewski?
Please don’t use the term pantsless!
I’m here, just crazy busy trying to get ready for my trip. I fedex’ed my visa application to the Chinese consulate, I hope it gets processed in time. Booked my flight today too.
Geez Brewski, it’s all in good humor and stuff. Please don’t feel the need to flee the country on account of that silly reputation you have here.
*snork!*
How are you today, my Zombie-pal?
Can’t complain – but sometimes I still do. You?
I’m doing well. Still alive and kicking! So, I figure, that’s a plus.
What trip??? You didn’t tell us you were leaving!!!
*lower lip quivers*
*fear sets in*
I know what you mean Judy. I have been resisting the urge to ‘take care of Brewski’ since he told us he is leaving.
*pack plenty of clean underwear and socks*
*take some clean underwear and socks in a carry-on bag*
Oh yeah, your toothbrush and toothpaste…
*call us when the plane lands*
etc.
Actually, he told us he was going several days ago, but never said when. I was hoping that someone came to their senses and realized how much we need his so he didn’t have to go.
*Waves magic wand to transform “s” into “m”*
*Disappears in a POOF of smoke*
I smell smoke.
*Do you smell anything?*
Good point. Without the pantsless old guy part.
He is the great and powerful OZ, you know. Don’t get on his bad side. Or his pantsless side.
I thought his pantsless side WAS his bad side
Nope. That’s his very good side! :pervygrin:
*remembers the word “old”*
*Pukes a little in mouth*
markers, markers in the air!
I was thinking the same thing, Chani.
Hello, lurkers!
*sets out giant platter of warm chocolate chunk cookies*
Enjoy!
*lurks around the warm chocolate chunk cookies*
Are these only for lurkers?
*puppy-dog eyes*
They’re for anyone! Help yourself – I’ve got another batch almost ready to come out.
Well, you know that when they come out, we’ll support them one hundred percent!
Yes. Definitely big supporters of being out.
What a great bunch of cookie lovers you are!
Cookies! Thanks Judy!
*squeezes Judy*
*limits herself to one cookie*
*nibbles*
Look at you and your self-control, Lurk! I’m so impressed!
*noms on multiple gooey chocolate cookies*
*Also takes a cookie*
*And then another*
*Just one more*
Sooooooo gooooooood.
♫ Ohhhhhh….cookie cookie cookie starts with “C”!! ♫
Yay! I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one with that playing in my head. Hehe!
*gets song stuck in head* *hums along* hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm…
Earworm — I now have it.
*successfully fought off the urge to type that in lolspeak*
*Emerges from Lurkland*
*Takes cookie*
Yuuum!
Thanks Judy!
You’re very welcome, Rawr! Hope to see you posting more often.
*Lurk* ….
I can haz cookie?
Help yourself! The cookie supply is endless around here.
*noms cookie shyly*
Tankz for cookie.
Of course! I have to go now, but you all can have as many as you want. Enjoy!
Bye Judy!!
*SQUEEZE!*
Thanks for the awesome party on the previous fail!
Darn, I missed Judy! *goodbye squeeze*
OK, I’m back. You’re welcome, DW, for the small part I played in your party. And a *squeeze* to both you and the Admiral! (You, too, Chani!)
Admiral – sorry about butting in with you and DW the other day – I was just so excited to see Coyote posting, that I didn’t realize I was in the middle of you two! Sowwy!
*SQUEEEZE!*
*gooses Judy*
Fortunately, we adore you.
That we do!
*has warm fuzzies*
Right back atcha, you two!
here Mrs B! I snuck one for you!!
WOA WOA WOA! The questions is.. Why would a lawyer from guiness world records be doing on failblog? I mean– in order to see it they should come to the website… Businessmen have 2 much time on their hands nowadays
Maybe to *infringe* the *copyright* from FAILblog, by *downloading* site content and *storing* it in his browser’s cache, thereby *INFRINGING COPYRIGHT* himself.
LOL
Many large companies pay for services that search on their names for Reputation Management or infringement issues. They get notified whenever something with their name in it starts to rank in the search engines or social sites. That could be what happened.
It’s funnier to think that their lawyers just stumbled onto it whilst playing on teh interwebs.
Where is everyone we know? This fail was overtaken by lurkers/trolls combo. : sad :
Some of us are still here. Judy left, and Brewski went MIA, and I don’t know if Bearly is still here… But you’re not alone!
*Leila/Chan squeeze*
SURPRISE!
*Brewski/Leila squeeze*
Yay!
*squeeze*
I’m here, but I’m catching up on all the fun I missed today!
(Because it is unclear who the squeeze was for, and because I’m pretty sure I haven’t squeezed you yet, AA, I shall take a chance!)
*Squeeze!*
Hee! It was for the group, but individually.
I gotta run!
So I will take a chance and *squeeze* the admiral and everybody else.
Bye!
*squeeze!*
*group squeeze*
*continues squeezing with DW and Lurk and a Brewskueeze goodbye*
*squeeze!*
I’m back! I’m home now, and Andrew had to haul the camper out to the fairgrounds for his daughter -she’s going to use it for Jamboree in the Hills. It starts on Thursday. Sooooo, I’m here for a few. How’s everyone? Any cookies left, or should I make some more?
is this what you call a Fail Win ?
GUINNESS should put themselves is their own book. As the biggest FAILers EVER. ^^
Also I’m never going to talk about Guinness ever again, I’m not drinking their beer anymore (after all, I might infringe some “right”), recommending everyone to not drink it (because that would infringe their “rights”), because of some shit they put in, and because it tastes like shit too. And will burn every book of them that I’ll notice, before even really seeing it. (Because it might get copied into my brain, which would infringe their “copyright”)
I also will block all their websites in my domain name servers and all their IPs and phone numbers in my firewalls and phone blacklists. (To prevent someone copying it to their computers, infringing “copyright” TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.)
Yeah, It’s ON Guinness! It’s fu(kin ON! ^^
Maybe a record for most epic Rickroll ever?
My thoughts exactly!
Keep drinkin’ Guinness. It’s a different company that owns that part now. We can still drink the good stuff.
Hate to tell ya hun… but that rant is an education fail…
For goodness sake, its their own fault. They should take that button off if they want to keep whatever “reputation” they have. Besides, if it the logo was gone, everyone would still know who it was and they would still lose whatever “reputation” they had left anyways.
Someone please mail them the PAIN SERIES.
KICK. ASS.
*kicks a donkey because Luanne told me to*
*reports Tofu for animal cruelty*
*comforts donkey*
C’mon, I know a good bachelor party that could love for you to attend.
so now everyone thinks im evil?!?! it was luannes fault!!!
LOVE it. just passed this around the office… thinking that Guinness World Records should be charged for encouraging terrorist activity.
GWRL should probably learn when not to take itself so srsly. it just makes the rest of us laugh harder!
we could now set the record for most comments on GWRL Fail
can trolls become lawyers or lawyers become trolls?
i’m (almost) scared D: mom never told me about this.
Some people just don’t know Internet.
Man, Failblog is WAY too nice. Could have left his name, phone number, and fax number un-obscured and could have told them to get lost and see if Guinness wanted to fight the EFF over it.
Could have issued a press release on it as well.
GWRL is very VERY lucky.
I would so hate to be the guy if they left his fax.
lol
It might be helpful to you to look at the requirements of the Lanham Act. This is what Guiness must prove to establish trademark infringement.
15 USC 1114
(1) Any person who shall, without the consent of the registrant–
(a) use in commerce any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation of a registered mark in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of any goods or services on or in connection with which such use is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive ; or
(b) reproduce, counterfeit, copy, or colorably imitate a registered mark and apply such reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation to labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, receptacles or advertisements intended to be used in commerce upon or in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of goods or services on or in connection with which such use is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive,
shall be liable in a civil action by the registrant for the remedies hereinafter provided.
Why didn’t you try and and apply to break the record? Would have been more lulzy, hm? Not that seeing you get served then throwing a hissy fit isn’t amusing mind you…just…a little lacking in sophistication. Ah well. You can only use the tools you have, eh?
Oh and Gilbert, this is an English company whose work is protected by English Copyright Law but thanks for the irrelevant and unattributed cut n’paste- don’t see nearly enough of that lately.
First off, Gilbert’s pointing out that Trademark law doesn’t protect the trademark owner in this instance. Failblog isn’t selling it (use in commerce) and it’s not likely that anyone will confuse Failblog with the actual Guiness site.
Second, the trademark owner has to act under the protections offered by the country where the infringement occurs, not where the work is produced.
In other words, RTFC.
Well, okay, yes that does seem like a shorter, more direct way of putting it!
Retarded Trolls Fornicate Constantly?
I don’t want to ask how you know that.
Just observant I guess.
<- Yes, I intentionally used one of the more twisted looking smileys
“Ride The Fun Chicks”? That’s just not right.
Ridicule Troll Fail Comments?
I like that better.
Ooh, good one!
That’s what it means now. You win.
Actually, according to the Terms of Use on the offending party’s website:
The Content is protected by copyright under United Kingdom, United States and international laws.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/corporate/terms_of_use.aspx
In other words, they would have to prove under US law that there was infringement.
And I, apparently, don’t know how to close an HTML tag. *head palm*
I’m might have just chuckled if this hadn’t gone any further, now I fully intend to send the link to every one of my friends (all 4 of them). Well done Guinness – defamation fail cubed.
Guiness World using Internet Explorer???
Triple Fail!
Just another example of why I need my Failblog fix every day…Just to keep the ba$tards on their toes!
THANKS!!!
Fail Blog WIN
they’re just pissed because you pointed out a fatal flaw! NICE JOB!! KEEP ‘EM COMING! i love you guys – this site makes my whole day!!!!
FB – thank you so much for standing up to those ‘record keepers’. What a ridiculous record for them to track and publish.
I wonder if they threatened the recent news media when it was re-announced that Michael Jackson was awarded various world records. Oh, sorry, that would have been something that GW.. would have liked, so it’s ok to use their logo. Pla-ease
Two words: Ion Cannon.
If you know what that means, give GWRL what-for. If you don’t, ignore this.
It starts at 17:00 July 14 EDT.
FARK has been notified. I hope failblog is OK with this. And I don’t give a FARK if Guinees has a problem wit it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111
Hardly surprising that Geniuss removed it. The police over here regard incitement to commit terrorist acts as EXTREMELY naughty. They have been known to get rather upset about talk of terrorism in ‘private’ emails. So lets hope that nobody complains to THEM about Geniuss commissioning acts of violence on a public website eh?
Apparently some people at the GWR legal department visit failblog.. That is unless their legal department simply spends all day, every day, searching the web for anyone and anything that uses their logo without permission. If there were no consequences, I’d say that failblog should post that GWR picture 10 times consecutively and put flashing arrows pointing to the logo and the fail just to piss of the legal department.
they have no lives
Hey, take it easy on the living impaired, OK?
Everyone knows you lead a very active…um…existence. *squeezefromasafedistanceincaseyouarehungry*
*only ever bit a failblog friend when she stuck her finger in my mouth, inviting me to*
*doesn’t expect you’d like the worms, dirt, maggots and decaying organic matter involved in his squeezes, though*
Ah, what the hell, I’m a glutton for punishment.
*squeezes ZA*
Ya know, these maggots are a great source of protein! They’re also great at cleaning wounds!
*gag*
That is what you call a sight gag.
So tell me, did you ever get an email address for our friendly admin?
I thought it was a practical choke.
Brewski! You still here?
Wanna go biking again? That was fun!
I make a great wing man! (fender man?)
Come On!
I’m ready let’s go get some COFFEE!
HUH?
Skwerlly Bob are you trying to keep Brewski out of some kind of trouble?
It’s also possible they use a tool called TinyEye which crawls the internet for you looking for image theft.
But still, they have no case. And are apparently paranoid if they’ve freaking out over a screenshot of their site. It’s not like FB is trying to steal the image. Mind you, I say this as an artist and a photographer who takes image theft seriously.
My guess is they’re freaking out because they’re afraid it’s going to give them a bad image. But remember, kids, it’s only libel if it isn’t true.
If they were with a firm, I would say they were trolling for billables. C&Ds are a great way to do that.
Zoikes, I just rickrolled myself LMAO! I love your response, and this part made me giggle like a little girl:
Unfortunately, douchebaggy cyber-bullying emails will only bring upon you more shame on your house. I am also resisting the urge to write this email in ALL CAPS.
I think that you should have never complied with their demands. Other websites have received such e-mails and they have never given in. Furthermore they drew others to their cause. A famous example is that of t-mobile requesting from engadget to remove the trademarked magenta from their website. next day about 60 (sixty) other websites turned all magenta. what happened? nothing.
Although I am myself a lawyer, I would never encourage such C&D letters from people just trying to justify their huge paychecks. So I say show the freakin’ logo all you want
kinda weak that you guys folded.
Not that you’re expecting any serious notes on this thread, but the EFF is actively looking for cases just like these to establish *good* caselaw in obvious parody cases, and will provide ample legal support for that. Contact eff.org if you want to take this one up.
hmm…If I were to create a world record company like Guinnes and it got to be bigger than them that be a world record for largest world record company thing. Would they have to put that as a world record on their site?
GWR gotowned gotowned gotowned gotowned by Failblog
This encouraged me to post this fail everywhere I can. Anyone else wanna join me into posting the original picture wherever possible?
Unfortunately, I don’t have access to the original anymore, and the link doesn’t work (not a single ID works, and searching for “terrorist” or “killed” doesn’t produce results).
You mean this~
http://img12.imageshack.us/i/failownedrecordbreaking.jpg/
I think George Lucas and Fox (tv) have proved that allowing yourself to be the butt of jokes, to even make fun of yourself is good for business. GOOD for BUSINESS!
did the stupid logo died?
This is a complete WIN!
Undoubtedly, that was the best rickroll, ever.
Nice one Failblog. And a brilliant rickrolling too.
By the way, keep us updated if they respond to this new picture, I’m sure they’re going to defend their reputation now, which is gonna be funny.
You should not have blurred their trademark. Using another’s trademark as a means of identifying their product or service is very much in the realm of fair use.
OMG They FAILED SOOOOOOO-HARD!!!!!
Lawyers = MORONS
Didn’t they commit a crime by encouraging terrorist acts?
Most likely, yes, which is probably why they sent the bullying email. They wanted to erase it from the web. Now, they’ll most likely have to publicly apologize for encouraging terrorist attacks.
What agency/gov in Britain is in charge of these types of crimes? Who do we report it to?
Who’s with me? Let’s take down GWRL for encouraging violence and terrorism.
In TPB style. Lesson lernt, guys. Well done!
Guiness was within their rights to ask that the logo be removed and they did so in a professional and polite manner. The link to “Break the Record” is obviously on every page and was not intentionally placed there to get someone to try it.
I think the operator(s) of failblog have overreacted and taken this thing way too personally. Not to mention responding in a very immature way.
Failblog Fail.
I’m afraid it is you who are overreacting – Failblog’s operator(s) replied in an appropriate manner – with humor, but also acknowledging and responding to the request to remove the logo.
It was obviously for our entertainment benefit =p and I liked the rickroll thrown in.
How did I overreact? By posting my opinion?
I guess I just don’t understand why this is so funny. Failblog got pissed about a TM notice and pasted their response all over their website? Lame.
That’s precisely not what happened – they posted a humor-filled response to entertain us.
Do you really think they are pissed? If they were, do u think it really would have been a rickroll that they countered with? This was for laughs, not because they’re whiny teenagers.
And I’m sure plenty of “whiny teenagers” are laughing.
I think it’s stupid.
Then you, sir, are on the wrong website – because this sort of humor is the foundation of failblog and you should seek entertainment elsewhere if you do not appreciate the brilliantly played humor exhibited by failblog today.
I happen to enjoy many things on this website. I just also happen to think this one is stupid and immature. I’m not saying you have to agree with me.
you also happen to FAIL
How so?
*in his best Monty Python voice*
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of Elderberries!
“that is right”
Well, for starters, you suck at trolling. You only got one person to debate you out of the many that replied to this particular fail. You just come off as a snotty, whiny, brat…
… and you’re also wrong.
http://www.publaw.com/fairusetrade.html
Have a nice day.
I’m not wrong. As I said, they are well within their rights to make the request they made. I never said their claim was legally substantial.
And I wasn’t trolling. Merely stating my opinion like everyone else here.
It amazes me how personally you all took my post. People need to chill out.
This forty year old is laughing, as well.
Not a whiny teenager, and laughing HARD!
I’m not even a Human and I laughed
I’m a manically depressed robot and I laughed.
Genius! Totally styled it
with a rick rolling to boot – utter class
I love you failblog
I’m sorry, but this is an absolutely rediculous reaction of the Guinness Book of Records… But on the other hand it’s a good example how stupid this company is and we should thank them for bringing us another epic fail and something to laugh!!
Gentlemen,
I enjoy your website daily.
Perhaps this web page should be forwarded to the Department of Homeland Security.
It does appear that Guinness World Records Limited is encouraging, aiding and abetting terrorism and other felonies.
Keep up the good work, Failblog.
A clear WIN for Failblog!
i think failblog’s on its way of setting a new guinnes-world-record…rick it baby!
Lol, this ought to be the all-time number one fail of all time!
For Guinness, that is.
For FAIL BLOG(tm), it’s an EPIC WIN!
EPIC WIN!
obviously buried, but…
you are a better person than I…I would have explained to the ignorant lawyer that they FAIL. Your site is protected under copyright law since it is a PARODY. Dear lawyer, go back to your community college law school and learn about the fair use clause.
Rick Rolled!!
*holds back the vomit just long enough to sing …*
♫
never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
♫
.
*begins epic puking, rivaling Team America-World Police*
So ludicrous!! It didn’t even take them time to send the nasty-gram. Guess their lawyers do not have much else to do.
There are too many douchey people in the world with too little to do in a day, obviously. (Present company not included in the generalization, of course.)
Epic Win for Failblog!
Perhaps we should notify the families of the victims of that attack. I bet they would be quite upset to see that they even had it POSTED. One of those casting stones a glass houses moments to me.
Just can’t get enough failing
omg epic failblog win.
I just sent CNN a news tip that GWR is encouraging a terrorist attack to break the world record for the number of people killed by a car bomb.
OMFG I just poo-d from laughing so hard. I think I love you and we should get married forthwith!
This is awesome.
Also, I did a quick search for the Guinness terrorist record to see it for myself, but they’ve erased it from their page. Tons of sites have picked up on this and they are showing the screen-cap WITH the logo. I wonder if Guinness has contacted them…
I’m betting this one spreads like wildfire now.
You know, this may have been planned from the start. There is no bad publicity.
rickroll’d O.o
man, i wish ZA were here, but i guess i will just have to do this my self…
sorry, i had to do that. im the only penguin allowed in these here parts. 
so dont come back. thank you.
*stabs penguin* *stabs penguin again*
*fires uzi at penguin*
that should do it
nevermind. i would never let any one eltse do that…. mwahhahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
*never realized penguins were so hell bent for extinction*
well, we are very teritorial.
and dont ask where i got the uzi…
*slaps a stick-on handlebar mustache on Tofu*
I’m trying to start a trend. Nyaahaha!
*runs off to find someone to tie to the train tracks*
He he. I’m available for the tying.
Curses.
*was going to volunteer SNTJ…*
Stupidly enough, on wikipedia (although obviously not the most reliable of sources) it has a whole section explaining previous records being removed due to the danger that it might influence people to try and beat them and causing damage to themselves or others. Maybe they should have learned from their own mistakes.
Also it’s doubly ridiculous as it isn’t like everyone genuinely believed they wanted you to try and beat the “Terrorism” record. So by trying to protect their wonderful trademark, they’ve just made themselves look exactly like FB’s “douchebaggy cyber bullies”
Whohooo. Someone is trying to pull a “Streisand”.
I think the only thing that could make this more fail is if they had a link to suggestions on the best way to go about breaking this record.
My favorite EPIC WIN failblog evar!
Well done Failblog.org…..hat’s off to you. Best response to a threatening legal letter I have ever seen.
What’s a “hat’s off”?
“Hat’s off” (yes, with the apostrophe) comes from an expression of admiration: “My hat is off to you” is a display of admiration/respect. Comes from an age where people commonly wore hats and used them to gesture.
I was just thinking, does the UK have the same parody laws as the US?
Any way to give 6 failstars to this one??
Failblog.org’s content could legally be construed as parody and/or satire, and is protected from copyright infringement lawsuits under the “fair use” clause of U.S. & international copyright law.
Therefore, I submit that you have the legal right to use GWRL’s logo and content for satirical use and should fight GWRL in open court for usage rights.
Nice link… First one to get me in a long time
Totally and completely EPIC.
That’ll show ‘em!
To the people at guinness who pay these lawyers & to the lawyers themselves: shame on you!
You RickRolled ‘em?!?!?!!?!?! That, my friends, is totally awesome!!
Remember when John Lennon wrote that song about the Guinness heir dying in a car crash (a day in the life) That was wild man.
Two Irishmen walk out of a bar………………….it *could* happen
I’ll bring this up on my show tonight the Colbert Nation will will be interested in the cause
HA!
Oh WOWZ it’s the REALLY REAL FOR REALZ Colbert guy!
And his grammar sucks!
Stephen, Stephen, Stephen!
Seriously, though, GWR failed a long time ago when they started putting “records” like “Smallest Commercially Available Stitched Teddy Bear” and other such BS that was obviously made up just to make a record. Stick with shortest people and tallest buildings, and you’ll have some reputation and intellectual property to protect, GWR.
EPIC WIN. :3
Although, you bastards Rick Roll’d me.
That part wasn’t cool. xD
BUT STILL EPIC WIN!
We are acceptable collateral damage. Accept it with a smile.
I think the Rick Rolling would have been better if I had sound.
*shrugs*
Oh well.
This is the greatest thing ever posted on this website, by a wide margin.
I agree. This is EPIC.
i think that was the greatest thing ever posted on the internet , ever
LOL. This is just pathetic.
PS:
Next time in a business letter, use a colon.
As far as I can tell, FB didn’t “use” the trademark. GWRL placed it on their website, putting this use of it in the public domain. By GWRL’s standards, anyone viewing their website, business cards, letterhead, etc. – and remembering what they look like – are “using” their trademarks without permission.
Which can be extrapolated to mean that everyone here is probably going to be charged with receiving stolen goods because we’ve seen FB’s “theft” of GWRL’s trademarks.
Not quite.
You’re clearly a moron.
Hahaha, how many legal idiots do you think FAIL Blog just RickRoll’d?! This is great; FAIL Blog FTW.
Yay loopholes. Hilarious.
Guinness World Records Limited promotes terrorism!
This is not funny!
Humour, much like math, is a matter of opinion.
Yeah! Wait…what?!
What a bunch of tools!
Threats such as this do not get you off the hook for the stupidity of posting the “Break This Record” in the first place!
haha imba! Just keep bullying them and make them fail even more
Ah hahah! Owned! Welcome to teh internets! Watch what you put up there. Everyone is looking at that wet dirty smear you left there, and it’s up to failblog and many others to point them out.
beer > record people
from left to right: winnar: drunk: fail
Yeahh!! Nice OWNED to GWRL!
Guiness World Record Limited, YOU FAIL!
KZT – The statute cited in my post is plainly relevant to the issue faced by failblog. The statute I cited, 15 USC 1114, is a provision of the Lanham Act, which controls United States Trademark law.
First, you alleged that “English Copyright Law” applies, but– per the letter — Guinness was asserting trademark law, not copyright law.
Also, the letter plainly asserts rights to a US Trademark. Accordingly, United States law plainly applies.
Third, this was not an “unattributed” cut and paste. The relevant statute — which is available from many (legal) sources — was clearly cited: 35 USC 1114. The “attribution” cannot be any clearer.
The fact that you didn’t know the difference between a trademark and a copyright indicates to me that you must not be very familiar with intellectual property law, so I’ll cut you some slack and let you know that, yes, as Tricksy Hobbit pointed out, I cited the correct provision. I can assure you this was not an “irrelevant and unattributed” cut and paste. Might want to stop and reflect on whether you know what you are talking about before flaming.
And yes, I agree with you, sarcastically, we “don’t see nearly enough” of stupid comments these days.
KZT = FAIL
WIN
Hey Gilbert!
Here chill out, have some coffee.
You did good, to little effect, but good non the less.
lol
FailBlog is not really liable for Trade Mark infringement as per The Lanham Act.
U.S. Trademark Act Title 15 §1125 Civil Action (a)(1), and all subsections as well as Cyberpiracy prevention (d)(1), and all subsections would not apply since the object is not used for commercial gain and is used in “Good Faith”. Where there is no-profit there is fair-use! Flash their trademark with pride and add a nice fail through the center.
Unfortunately that only pertains to the USA. It does not cover the restrictions overseas.
:/
Except for the fact that you’re wrong.
1) It’s referencing a US trademark.
2) To persue FailBlog, GWRL would have to utilize the laws in the country from which FailBlog operates, which just so happens to be the good ol’ US of A.
3) Compliments of item 2, US trademark law DOES apply. And in this case, US trademark law releases FailBlog of any and all liability.
arent they making a profit off of the banners on the side of the site? one could make the argument that GBWR’s logo is drawing viewers to the site, directly causing an increase from ad revenue. i dont support that argument, buuuut it can be made
@joAY – That can easily be countered that since the ad revenue is independent of FailBlog and forced to be used as apart of the CheezBurger and don’t directly fund FailBlog. Now, that’s kind of a long shot, but to push that one they’d have to sue Google as well, and I’m pretty sure they’re not going to try that. Google is the one where the adds are hosted and the content delivery.
There is not direct profit made by using the logo and the company is being represented in an appropriate, true and honest manner. They themselves created the fail and I’m pretty sure nothing on the screen cap has been altered. -shrug.-
@Aero – Yes, FailBlog being based in the United States (as far as I know?) are bound by US law and not overseas law. They can sue, but it won’t do anything.
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Silly British and wanting to force their laws on others. Almost as bad as US companies wanting to sue TPB for being a legal business.
I’m late to this, but since FailBlog uses the fails to attract users and said users view the advertisements herein, a skillful attorney could well use the argument that using the aforementioned logo could really be considered commercial use.
Gilbert,
I would be interested in your opinion on the following comment made by another:
“GWRL placed [the trademarked logo] on their website, putting this use of it in the public domain.”
My thinking is that FB’s use of the GWR logo was some form of “fair use” but not for the reason cited. The cited reason seems to run close to the idea that “anything on the web is in the public domain,” which as I understand it is false.
Domorvdar is right, it’s not fair use in terms of public domain. I’m almost positive that trademarks don’t become public domain that’s copyright. (TM/R can only be “public domain” if it’s use term ends, until it’s renewed thus making is no longer public domain.) – People who think anything on the internetz is public domain don’t know much in terms of U.S. Copyright Law.
FB is using it in Fair-use, but not as Public Domain. It’s not being used to make profit, not are they claiming to be the said company NOR are they miss-representing the company. Their claims are 100% accurate… Think of Fail Blog as the news… Just fail news. You could say their entitled to the same protection.
Neener “Neener” Neener III: Said argument would be hard. Google would be the one to sue, they are paid to add the advertisements. FB could simply state while they make profit, they make profit from Google for inserting code on their site and generating page views for Google. Google then uses their site to give related ads, which are not directly controlled by FB. This puts the blame on Google and not FB. Now, ad’s not done by Google are another story.
You all suck and fail!
Wait, does that mean we suck at failing or fail at sucking?
*gets all confused*
It means that you suck! As in being a sucker! And that you also fail big time sucker. \n\./n/
*believes you, since you seem so experienced at suckiness*
:kiss:
:kiss: 
:kiss: 
anyone else try looking at GBWR’s website for this page? It don’t exist
Same here. Guys, you mind checking your sources and questioning them before we jump to conclusions?
FailBlog just won my heart.
Congrats GWRL, you double fail.
Trademark != Copyright
I think all Failblog followers should now write to GBWR and tell them what they think of this act of bullying. Also, point out that you’re going to boycott their products and services.
They suck.
AWWWWWWSOME WIN!!!
xD
“Dear Heartless Spineless Corporate Lawyers
Hey, leave FAILBLOG alone! Just because you screwed up,
and FAIL pointed it out, doesn’t mean you can use copyright
laws to violate free speech and fair commentary principles.
Apologise to FAIL BLOG for your rude form letter, or the
entire internet will hate you (FYI, that’s about 5/8ths of
the entire world).
Kindly get stuffed,
Dave.”
sent via
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/corporate/contact_us.aspx
I sent one too.
So they have left the starred comment on all the items in the ‘related records’ list, have they? Must go and check..
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who wants to Ping the BS out of GWRL? I gots over 50 Computers I can use.
Rock on witcha bad sef!
Ping? Over 50 computers??
Puhleeeeeeze.
Failblog.org peeps are masters of the universe and rulers of teh interwebs!!!
Y’all rock and GWRL has shown that they s*ck b@lls!
rofl…
most epic failblog-team win ever!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! They got burned so bad. I feel embarrassed for them.
BOLD?
LOl
RICK ROLLED
Any lawyers with some spare time care to help out the Cheezburger crew? Someone needs to stick it to GWRL very very hard.
FAILblog wins!
Instead of blurring someone should have made an MS Paint version which would be even more fail
omg. ftw!!!
Lol, world record FAIL! xD guinness pwned!!
Oh man… Fail Blog win!
That original image no doubt falls under fair use due to the satirical nature. Stupid lawyers.
Eh, Guinness was acting like a douche, but so did FAILblog.
Double fail indeed.
Whoa. icanhaz.com shows legal response as the top 10 this week with 45481 visitors, about 16 times the runner up
I love Failblog, but Failblog’s response to this issue was both childish and unprofessional.
This time, the fail’s on Failblog itself.
^that ought to go over well
Glad you’re in the minority here, or else we’d have no right to freedom of speech left.
I did not say Failblog was not supposed to respond to that at all or to express their opinion.
But if I were in the position of the Guiness guy I would laugh my butt off because of that childish response. Would make me think “Ok, another website run by kiddies.”
Scary also, how many visitors here seem to support that. Maybe most of the failblog visitors aren’t as intelligent as I considered them to be.
The GBOWR letter was childish and professional, where “professional” is defined as “hollow, lacking in humanity or humility, steeped in bureaucracy and fail from the git-go.”
I think failblog wins this.
Already mentioned. Two comments up above yours.
I can’t find this record on the Guinness website. Does anybody have the link?
PWNAGE
Fail, Guiness.
Epic Win, Failblog.
There should be a fine for sending cease and desist orders that are contrary to fair use. I mean a fine that doesn’t involve all the hassle of a counter suit. You should include the email for they who shall not be named so we can easily send them shameful letters to shame them.
Hey! You rickrolled me!!!
We love u! Bravo, bravísimo!!!
That was my first rickroll. I love you.
That was late.
~A lost their virginity to Rick.
Rickrolled and I JUST LOST THE FRAKKING GAME… Sweet.
cmon, that excuse for an attorney is nothing but a petty shyster.
Failblog always wins!!
I love how I would’ve never seen this if they hadn’t have responded, but since they did, it got linked to and now I think Guinness is a big fail fail.
I HOPE THIS WERKS
OMG – “douchebaggy cyber-bullying”. I have a new favorite phrase. ROFLMAO.
See, this is why I come back here every day. This is exactly the response they deserve. More folks should not have a legal department. The world would be a far more honest place.
Oops, America has a loophole.
Don’t touch it. Everytime someone touches it the damn thing grows.
That could power a fail one day.
Gilbert, you have me beat sir, *except for one small thing*- where exactly in that email would I find that assertion of a “*US* Trademark”? I ask simply so that you haven’t gone and spent good, useful time tear-assing through the well-attributed “many (legal) sources” to which you apparently referred, and based your entire rebuttal upon an incorrect assertion- garbage in; garbage out eh?
Wrong, my friend. Read the e-mail a bit more closely. To quote, word-for-word:
“The GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS(tm) “star and pedestal” logo is a registered trademark in the United States, the United Kingdom and many other countries around the world.”
Bring special attention to the fact that the “star and pedestal” logo is a registered trademark in the United States. Ergo, the “star and pedestal” logo is a registered US trademark.
KZT: Fail within a fail.
And the best thing is: You idiots forgout about the Mac-OS-fail inside Guinness’s fail.
Noticed that too.
Huh, what? Isn’t that a screen capture by the Failblog team of the Guinness email? Where’s the fail?
Since when does failblog moderate posts.
Guinness World Records suck my sack Limited FAIL FAIL FAIL.
OMG, loving the Rick Roll!!!
They ought to be excited that somebody brought some attention to them. I haven’t looked at any of those record things since those two hefty fellas rode motorcycles. Guinness has been failing for quite some time now but this is the first time they’ve been called out on it. GJ Failblog
^b^WIN!^/b^
I wonder…
/facepalm
.
failblog just failed so hard…
.
hell, they even showed us their limp gumi’s
Anyone know a good troll hunter?
frak me for being correct. Read Guiness’ letter again.
.
Guiness doesn’t give a shit about poor little attorney-less, limp gumi failblog.
.
Guiness doesn’t give a shit what failblog says about Guiness.
.
Guiness DOES care about protecting its trademarks.
Educate yourself. Wiki is free.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark
Super fantastico, Failblog! Call upon your followers if this progresses. We shall come with arms. Two, in most cases.
Lol, you know the traditional internet response to this is for everyone visiting this website to start posting copies of the original un-censored version across every page they can on the interweb
How about GWRL attempt the record of kissing my ass and the ass of every FAIL Blogger in the world? Have their lawyers no idea of the actual law? Organizations like the ACLU exists solely to protect people from what can only be called retards with a chip on their shoulder.
D.I.A.F, GWRL, and welcome to the Internets.
Where can I get a copy of the uncensored version?
Failblog Epic WIN!
legaldouchebag shortsightedmoron WIN!
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noooooooooo!!!!!
Hello Failblog! Keep up the good work! From reddit.
epic win?
A stupid publication with stupid lawyers. Epic win for stupidity.
I suggest that someone forward this form to them.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/sparkz505/butthurt.jpg
They fail.
When Tom Forsythe appropriated Barbie dolls for his photography project “Food Chain Barbie,” Mattel lost its claims of copyright and trademark infringement against him because his work effectively parodies Barbie and the values she represents.[2] But when Jeff Koons tried to justify his appropriation of Art Rogers’ photograph “Puppies” in his sculpture “String of Puppies” with the same parody defense, he lost because his work was not presented as a parody of Rogers’ photograph in particular, but of society at large, which was deemed insufficiently justificatory.[3]
this is triple fail
Gonna plaster than screenshot in every place that I can now. They just started a war.
I find it funny that the entire section about history and war is now gone and the site layout is completely different
The original.
http://www.thewyzard.com/pics/34c6510d6bcee1b05ba3dcad9738b63c.jpg
Original Pic
Screw guiness. fail blog is better.
FAIL Blog wins sooo hard.
Nice work, I especially like how you made an effort to appease them but are completely unwilling to compromise your values. Failblog earns greater respect in my eyes. The law seems to be on your side in this instance, so if they do try to keep pushing (which is fairly unlikely) put up a paypal icon and I’d gladly toss a some money towards hiring a legal department. I’m sure others would also.
Hear hear!
Holy crap I love you people.
So who is the scumbag that ratted us out to the GBWR legal/nazi squad?
I did. I think it’s their right to ridicule themselves by trying to hide puny mistakes with pathetic measures.
OMG! I enjoyed the 646 comments, just as much as the fail.. I laughed, I cried, I spewed coffee..
Rickroll was genius. TY!
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So Guinness can’t ever be WRONG or FAIL.
If they are WATCH OUT! They will sue your ass.
I wonder if this is how the “World Record” for “Longest Streak of Never Making a Mistake” is held…
This is why I love FAIL Blog.
Failblog WIN!
EPIC FAIL.
Put the nazi symbol over the GWR symbol and everything will be okay.
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ha!
I know I’m late to the party but this is an uber win! And damn you for rickrolling me!
well played, Failblog. Well played.
Failblog was the second to ever rickroll me, damn them all.
You guys are awesome. Plus the RickRoll… amazing.
alert(“Guinness SUX!!”);
Do script tags work in the comments?
dang, i guess it automatically removed the script tags. dang.
Man I love Fail Blog. That was AWESOME… just the kind of thing I would do. You guys rule!
it’s just the kind of thing I wish I were clever enough to do
Who needs Guiness when we have Universal Records Database. Muuuuuch more fun: http://urdb.org/
Cameron Diaz and other fun people have held records: http://urdb.org/Content/RecordDetail.aspx?id=666&attempt=932
New world record for most epic fail.
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hahahaha that’s epic!
that made my day man. i cant believe you guys had the gut to do something like that. i mean come on! douchebaggy cyberbullying? to the guiness world records? its true but you actually pointed that out to them. and you did LOLspeak too! yay FAIL blog!!!!!
Maybe takedown letters are the new publicity angle. I mean I have never visited their web site before, but I did today to search for “terror” related records (zero results, lol). Not that I’ll ever visit it again – dumb records are excruciatingly dumb. Oh and 3rd time rickrolled, bastards!
Goodnight world!Goodnight, Blog Ninja!
Perfect example of a PICKING YOUR BATTLES FAIL.
As a soldier, thank you failblog. I mean it.
Also as a soldier…
Dear GWRL or whateverthe(RUDIES) it is.
Please don’t exercise our hard earned freedoms by displaying a record of terroist kills.
Seriously.
Remove your head from is firmly lodged placement in your collective ASS.
How is blurring it going to help?! xD
So it’s true. Failblog IS run by 12 year old /b/tards.
and occasionally read by middle-aged priggish /b/itches
This has to be one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while. Well played, Fail Blog.
I got hard reading this! Way to f’n go!
haha. B*tch got Pwned. nice one Failblog. E-mail was funny
Epic fail x2 on part of failblog. Great job.
P.S. That includes the rickroll I fell for. =D
dang
freking got rickrolled and lost the game
double fail!
Epic win, Fail.
Very nicely played.
Fail some more!!!
“GWRL shall take whatever action is necessary to protect the REPUTATION, trade marks and other intellctual property of GWRL”
Let me just highlight the key word/part again: “…protect the REPUTATION…”
How hard can you fail?
This is so incredibly awesome on so many many levels.
Good for you failblog!! Don’t let those tough guys push you around!
Oh failblog. that last part was uncalled for.
They just give ’till it hurts around here.
I LOVE YOU FAIL BLOG!!!!
awesome legal response. lol i feel bad for the attorney – what a sad, sad job =( you guys rule.
While I think FB is within it’s right and is totally awesome for standing up to a corporate entity to support constitutional rights… could you have been more moronic and childish? Why didn’t you just top it off with the pain series? Jeesh.
They’re only using the lawyers because it’s a public relations disaster for them. What a bunch of losers!!!! Keep up the good work.
TRIPLE FALE for Guinness? Yikes.
They’re based in the UK, an in the UK there is no “fair use” law protecting you. Dunno if that would technically make a difference on the international information superhighway, but thought I’d raise an interesting point!
Failblog, you rock my world!!!
You guys rock so hard, everything about that letter right down to the rick roll was amazing. I love you guys
In Canada it would be a parody and covered by Fair Dealing, both as a parody and “criticism, review or news reporting”… I’m not sure how American laws have changed recently but I can’t imagine they have done away with fair use.
Fair Dealing in Canada: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_dealing#Fair_dealing_in_Canada
Fair Use in the US:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#Fair_use_and_parody
Based on what I read, I suspect there is no need to remove it at all. I am not a lawyer however.
It’s just another clueless company that doesn’t get how much negative publicity they could get from something like that.
Wait a sec, isn’t inciting people to commit terrorists acts a criminal offense in the US?
All that said, good one making a second fail out of it…
Maybe overwrite the logo with a dash or something.
HELL YES!!!
STICKING IT TO THE MAN
its pretty useless since everyone knows now lol
Roflmao @ GWRL!! Keep it up Failblog!
ROCK ON!!
lmao…
Most definitely OWNED. Great job Failblog!!!
Wow, “rtfm” is for the lulz.
GFG, GWR
Fail Blog WIN?
Damn.. I just gor rickrolled.. and I couldn’t even see it coming!! Failblog ftw!!!
HAH. Is this perhaps the climax of failblog?
You know, they did ask for it.
no guinness within the next 3 weeks for me!
I’m surprised I started this all by stamping a FAIL and sending in the picture of 9/11 related topic from encyclopediadramatica.org
Yay me!
GWRL failed hard. This FAIL wasn’t funny at all, but I am glad it was posted nonetheless.
Funny thing is, that Guinness themselves are stealing materials from other sites and using in their book without permission, as can bee seen here (towards the bottom of the discussion):
http://www.mobygames.com/forums/dga,2/dgb,4/dgm,107692/
That was so funny! go on failblog! show those bustards what you think about their legal bullshitting.
wtf is a bustard? Are you picking on the people who ride the short bus? ;}
Guinness is a fail stout anyway
Spelling fail…;P
Second paragraph in the failblog.org response, second to last word…teh
Next time you send a letter back defending yourself, hit spell check…lol
The fail is yours, GDK – “teh interwebs” is vintage lolspeak.
ummm is it just me or is every single poster on failblog have really short attention spans >.>?
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dam, didnt wrk
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