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Adam Holland Lawsuit: Family of Man With Down Syndrome Sues Over Meme
Comments 0. The family of Adam Holland, a Tennessee man with Down syndrome, is suing over a photo of him that has spawned a derogatory Internet meme. Adam Holland Photo. The photo of a teenage Holland holding up a piece of art during a class at the ...

How not to go viral: The Home Depot's off-brand Grumpy Cat
People love memes. And they love cats, especially grumpy ones. But will they be a fan when big companies like Home Depot try to get into the viral act? Internet cats are big. Perhaps none bigger than Grumpy Cat, who has landed lucrative endorsements ...

Celebrities with Shrunken Faces the Latest Meme to Sweep Japan 【Photo Gallery】
It's a universal truth that when large things are made small, they become infinitely cuter. We at RocketNews24 must have documented this phenomenon 100 times over. From tiny crochet figures to cat nuts, small-sized items are just so darn adorable. But ...

Oblivious Thunder girl is your 2013 NBA Playoff meme
Oblivious Thunder girl is your 2013 NBA Playoff meme. A. Isaac Senior Editor · Follow @WorldofIsaac More from A. Isaac >. Last year we had “good job, good effort” kid, a Heat fan encouraging players as they walked off the court after a loss. This year ...

The Smart-Grid-as-Big-Brother Meme Hits the Tabloids
The Smart-Grid-as-Big-Brother Meme Hits the Tabloids. The U.K.'s Daily Mail slams smart appliances as utility infiltration devices that cost extra. Here's what it missed. Jeff St. John: May 2, 2013. We've seen our share of anti-smart-meter protests and ...

The cat memes in Scribblenauts are illegal, claims cat meme duo
The memes have been viewed tens of millions of times. "That popularity makes them extremely valuable for commercial uses. Unlike WB and 5th, many other companies, respecting plaintiffs' intellectual property rights, regularly pay substantial license ...

Down Syndrome Meme Family Suing For $18 Million - Uproxx
There are two kinds of regrettable Internet memes. The first, which includes “Harlem Shake” and “Gangnam Style,” are unwanted because it's hard to understand why they became so popular in the first place (unlike “Grumpy Cat,” forever the best). The ...

The meme-ification of the GOP - Washington Post
As BuzzFeed noted, the meme — which got over 5,000 “likes” — originated on a Comedy Central blog post making fun of McConnell. This Monday, two days after Obama joked that no one would want to have a drink with the Kentucky Republican, McConnell ...

Cat Meme Creators Are Suing Scribblenauts Because This Is How Life Works Now
Bad news for cat meme enthusiasts: turns out the people who invented both Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat are pretty hardcore about protecting their “intellectual” property. Geek.com reports that both creators are suing the puzzle action game Scribblenauts ...

Going viral: An analysis of how music memes like “The Harlem Shake” and ...
Going viral: An analysis of how music memes like “The Harlem Shake” and ...

Internet Meme Creators Sue Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Interactive is no stranger to the fighting battles about trademarks and copyrights in courts, but a case filed by two Internet meme creators has the industry giant in a role reversal. According to this NeoGAF thread Charles "Keyboard ...

Nyan Cat, Keyboard Cat Meme Creators Suing Over Appearance in ...
Nyan Cat, Keyboard Cat Meme Creators Suing Over Appearance in ...

Two Meme Creators Are Suing The People Who Made Scribblenauts
Oh man. The guy who created Keyboard Cat (Charles Schmidt) and the guy who created Nyan Cat (Christopher Orlando Torres) are suing Warner Bros and 5th Cell for using the two cat memes in their game Scribblenauts. This complaint comes a little bit late: ...

Warner Brothers Sued For Infringing Cat Meme Copyright
Both videos went viral, garnering millions of hits – indeed, Keyboard Cat still rates number two on Current TV's '50 Greatest Viral Videos' list, and Nyan Cat won the 'Meme of the Year' award at last year's Webbys. The success of the two cats prompted ...

When a meme just isn't funny – man with Down Syndrome sues over use of his ...
When a meme just isn't funny – man with Down Syndrome sues over use of his ...

When Memes Go Corporate: Creators Of Nyan Cat And Keyboard Cat Sue ...
When Memes Go Corporate: Creators Of Nyan Cat And Keyboard Cat Sue ...

Legal Lulz After Warner Bros. Uses Keyboard Cat Meme Without Permission ...
Legal Lulz After Warner Bros. Uses Keyboard Cat Meme Without Permission ...

Cat meme creators in 'Scribblenauts' legal battle
"I have no issues with Nyan Cat being enjoyed by millions of fans as a meme, and I have never tried to prevent people from making creative uses of it that contribute artistically and are not for profit. But this is a commercial use, and these companies ...

Cat 'meme' makers sue Warner Bros. over video game copycats
“I have no issues with Nyan Cat being enjoyed by millions of fans as a meme , and I have never tried to prevent people from making creative uses of it that contribute artistically and are not for profit. But this is a commercial use, and these ...

Meme Creator: Wouldn't You Be Sued for Using Scribblenauts' Copyright? - Kotaku
"I have no issues with Nyan Cat being enjoyed by millions of fans as a meme, and I have never tried to prevent people from making creative uses of it that contribute artistically and are not for profit," Torres writes on his personal Tumblr. "But this ...

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