Jib Jab Sucks

More chilling effects:

Jib can Jab, but TBL has the Legendary K.O.
Unfortunately the people over at JibJab felt that the usage of clips from their animation ‘This Land’ was a copyright violation. They state that they don’t “sanction the use of their original work to further any political agenda.”

Their lawyers sent me a cease and desist letter demanding me to stop distributing the video. I find the whole situation ironic considering the history of JibJab’s “This Land” animation. I guess the fair-use doctrine only applies to a elite few.

No Fret…. I’ve re-edited the video sans the “infringing” clips. The new edit should be streaming now, the downloads should be accessible as well! Big thanks to David from TooStupidToBePresident.com who offered up replacement clips.

Free speech for me, but not for thee… Screw you Jib Jab…

I thought parody was protected? Anyone wanna weigh in on this one?

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  • justis

    Jackasses. I’m with you. I’m pretty sure parody is protected fair use. I know there are some caveats there, but I’m not sure what they are. Maybe this runs afoul of some provision of fair use.

    Either way, seeing as how so many people supported JibJab during the “This Land” debacle, you’d think they would remember, and respect others in the same circumstances.

  • justis

    Jackasses. I’m with you. I’m pretty sure parody is protected fair use. I know there are some caveats there, but I’m not sure what they are. Maybe this runs afoul of some provision of fair use.

    Either way, seeing as how so many people supported JibJab during the “This Land” debacle, you’d think they would remember, and respect others in the same circumstances.