Mailer Daemon was an official Harold Team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City. Members have since moved on to other projects, but Mailer Daemon still keeps the flame alive.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Lawsuits are hilarious!!!
So...I thought it would be fun to do fake profiles for the members of Mailer Daemon. I googled our names and posted pictures of our various alter-egos below (such as, Eric Appel the magician and Matt Moses the baseball player).
Unfortunately, Ben Rodgers -- The Last Singing Cowboy -- and his legal team did not succumb to the humor of this "bit." (which I admit was a LAZY bit anyway) We were contacted by his lawyers, who stated that the image and description of Ben Rodgers needed to be removed within 48 hours or the singing cowboy would pursue the matter further.
You are using copyrighted material in your "mailor daemon" blog. The bio and photo for Ben Rodgers is copyrighted, and your use of his likeness and bio on your site suggests a less than wholesome persona--substancial loss of income could result and my client is fully willing to persue the matter further if the image and bio are not removed within 48 hours from the sending of this notification.
Apparently, we are a "less than wholesome" improv comedy group. I just hope -- for Mr. Rodger's sake -- that no county fair commitees searched him out for a performance opportunity and came across our site. I would feel terrible if our blog cost him the hundreds of billions of dollars he must make for his trick gun shows, his lasso routines, and that sweet old singing cowboy sound the good people of Nashville have grown to love.
Yee-Haw!
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Unfortunately, Ben Rodgers -- The Last Singing Cowboy -- and his legal team did not succumb to the humor of this "bit." (which I admit was a LAZY bit anyway) We were contacted by his lawyers, who stated that the image and description of Ben Rodgers needed to be removed within 48 hours or the singing cowboy would pursue the matter further.
You are using copyrighted material in your "mailor daemon" blog. The bio and photo for Ben Rodgers is copyrighted, and your use of his likeness and bio on your site suggests a less than wholesome persona--substancial loss of income could result and my client is fully willing to persue the matter further if the image and bio are not removed within 48 hours from the sending of this notification.
Apparently, we are a "less than wholesome" improv comedy group. I just hope -- for Mr. Rodger's sake -- that no county fair commitees searched him out for a performance opportunity and came across our site. I would feel terrible if our blog cost him the hundreds of billions of dollars he must make for his trick gun shows, his lasso routines, and that sweet old singing cowboy sound the good people of Nashville have grown to love.
Yee-Haw!