What the #$@% happened to the big yawn board?

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by TheGrimace:
  The goal was to flood big yawn for illegal use of copywritten material.

huh since when is a rumour copywritten, a floodng a site is still immature behavior.

[eltee]

Originally posted by TheGrimace:
  The goal was to flood big yawn for illegal use of copywritten material.

Contacting the editor would have been my first step.

[thirsty moore]

Hey moneybags, are you friends with the verbose mr. nofx420fugazi?  I would love to meet him to discuss his thoughts on the legalization of marijuana and his well thought out arguments.
 
   

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
 [qb][/qb]

 
  <small>[ 04-08-2004, 03:25 PM: Message edited by: kosmo vinyl ]</small>

[walkman]

Originally posted by El Tee:
   

Originally posted by TheGrimace:
  The goal was to flood big yawn for illegal use of copywritten material.

Contacting the editor would have been my first step. [/b]

what??? and be logical???

[TheGrimace]

Hey, i'm just on here defending HFStival.com, trying to explain our side of it. also, what do pictures of me from 4 years ago have to do with anything.

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by Bags:
 
 
 "And once we're done here, let's go pick a fight with those 930.com bastards! We'll show DC who's number one on the east side! "

I'm sure thatguy would love to take them on... Maybe I'll get to ban my first users    
 
 FYI I don't think some of the higher ups at the club would appreciate their emailboxes being flooded.  You do still want to attend show here don't you?

[walkman]

Originally posted by TheGrimace:
  Hey, i'm just on here defending HFStival.com, trying to explain our side of it. also, what do pictures of me from 4 years ago have to do with anything.

they prove, conclusively, that you were a strapping young lad any momma would be proud of four years ago.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by TheGrimace:
  On the big yawn home page there is information regarding this years HFStival that was clearly taken directly from HFStival.com and according to the No Electronic Theft Act, it is illegal to take any information from another website and post it as your own.

Do your homework.
 
 The "No Electronic Theft Act" is for software and electronic works (i.e., digital music and movies).
 
 It does not protect information and news.  It was designed specifically to create criminal penalties for those that were distributing software (and later music and movies) over the internet.

[Bags]

Originally posted by TheGrimace:
  Hey, i'm just on here defending HFStival.com

It's got to be hard to defend the behavior and attitude of the posters from HFStival.com.  Sending bulk email folders to folks with nothing to do with your issues, threatening viruses, trying to shut a fledgling site down.  It's like a short dude with a huge car; seem to be some adequacy issues pent up and raging through that board.  
 
 I guess it's frustrating waiting for that twice yearly event...oh, that's right, the winter HFStival was cancelled.  I understand more now, sorry for y'all.

[TheGrimace]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by TheGrimace:
  On the big yawn home page there is information regarding this years HFStival that was clearly taken directly from HFStival.com and according to the No Electronic Theft Act, it is illegal to take any information from another website and post it as your own.

Do your homework.
 
 The "No Electronic Theft Act" is for software and electronic works (i.e., digital music and movies).
 
 It does not protect information and news.  It was designed specifically to create criminal penalties for those that were distributing software (and later music and movies) over the internet. [/b]

The No Electronic Theft Act does not apply to music and movies, that's why a year later the passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

[phocus]

I post on HFStival.com, but not very regularly.  I agree that it is messed up for bigyawn to steal information from the hfstival site without giving credit to the author.  Also taking items from the "rumors" forum, and posting them as factual.
 
 I also find it messed up that users from HFStival.com are flooding bigyawns users with a flood of e-mail.  It isn't necessarily the users fault, and their inboxes shouldn't be flooded.
 
 However the bickering back and forth on the boards is quite comical to me.  So I will continue to watch all this unfold.

[ggw]

Could you guys post a picture of Postal Service?  He's funny.
 
 

it seems as the message boards around the d.c area are locking down to keep us out.
 
 look at what we've done. brian man you should be proud

[walkman]

Originally posted by TheGrimace:
   

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by TheGrimace:
  On the big yawn home page there is information regarding this years HFStival that was clearly taken directly from HFStival.com and according to the No Electronic Theft Act, it is illegal to take any information from another website and post it as your own.

Do your homework.
 
 The "No Electronic Theft Act" is for software and electronic works (i.e., digital music and movies).
 
 It does not protect information and news.  It was designed specifically to create criminal penalties for those that were distributing software (and later music and movies) over the internet. [/b]

The No Electronic Theft Act does not apply to music and movies, that's why a year later the passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. [/b]

which, in either case, doesn't apply to you and your hfstival buddies.  now go home, please.

[godsshoeshine]

hey lawyer members: isn't it illegal to send unsolicited bulk emails, under the CAN-Spam act?

[Santos L. Halper]

 

Originally posted by TheGrimace:
 On the big yawn home page there is information regarding this years HFStival that was clearly taken directly from HFStival.com and according to the No Electronic Theft Act, it is illegal to take any information from another website and post it as your own. [/b]

1. Facts can't be copyrighted.
 2. There must be an original idea or creation in order to be eligible for a copyright; rumors and speculation do not meet this standard.
 3. The "fair use" doctrine allows otherwise copyighted materials to be used for, among other things, news reporting, without authorization.