Gawker Media Settles Libel Suit: Has Only One Federal Case Pending!
Confederate Motors and Gawker Media have reached a settlement in the motorcycle maker's libel claim (which is well-described here). It got a little heated along the way! There was a correspondence of the cattiest variety. Wrote the lawyer for the motorcycle maker: "In my opinion, your ability to research 'journalistic' sources is equalled only by your ability to research legal proceedings." Replied Gawker Media: "I cannot be bullied," etc., pursuing this will be bad for your client, that kind of thing. Love it. And now that they've settled? Well! Writes Ben Sheffner at Copyrights & Campaigns: "according to PACER, that leaves only one live case pending against Gawker in federal court: the 'McSteamy' naked threesome copyright battle in the Central District of California." Just one active lawsuit in a federal court for an outfit of, what, nine websites? That's actually pretty amazing.
That chart looks like Batman.
But which Batman? I'm gonna say Clooney but I defer to Matt on the entire issue.
First thing i thought of. Someone has raised the bat-signal!
STC, Adam West.
Holy silhouette!
I am so slow on the clicker. I would lose at jeopardy.
The purple looks pretty Adam West, but the longer ears look kind of Kilmery.
(Hover over chart.)
It's the animated Batman, you fools.
Any clunky representation of Batman recalls, for me, The Dark Knight Returns. Or a few of the Black & White stories.
Keaton, definitely Keaton.
Actually, it pretty accurately recalls several MS Paint masterpieces I made as a kid after reading Digital Justice and thinking I could make my own "COMPUTER-GENERATED" comic.
Brad, stop making me love you.
No, no, no…it's a rage-fueled butterfly, c'mon now!
So it looks like they reached a settlement a couple weeks ago, which oddly enough is right around the time Wes Siler rather abruptly left Jalopnik.
It's just another impostor.
So, we meet again again.
It will have to wait this time. It looks like I'm needed in another post…
http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/images/west_dkr_13.jpg
Here's hoping Dane v. Gawker will work give us some hilarious transcripts, at least.
If I were Gawker's attorney, I would go to court and open with, "Well, ya shoulda made it hotter and showed a bit of hard peen for the ladies–an up-and-coming porn consumer group–so you coulda sold it like Pam and Tommy, then you'd be raking it in! Your Honor, can we order in Malaysian for lunch?
But, you know, that's just me.
Awl Media later settled the suit by producing a coin bowl, several local bar ashtrays and Cho's metro pass for the rest of June
Awww sniffle.
Sounds like Israel let you off easy.
Please, Cat "takes care" of any lawsuits. Capiche?
Wait, isn't Apple going to have everyone from Denton down sent to federal prison?
I don't know why I was worried that no one had noticed the frightening and awesome graphic of Batman. This is not the Daily Choler or something like that.
Seriously, why isn't this a post about Batman?