So, here's one for the hackery files... my brother alerted me to this recently, and I couldn't resist sharing the super-fun ridiculousness here on the old blog. Anybody heard about the Todd Goldmann scandal? Wow, if you haven't it's worth poking into for a few minutes. He's no Alberto Gonzales, certainly more lighthearted fare than that, but my take is this:
If you've ever walked past Hot Topic or one of those zillion other stores that sell 98% crap and 2% actual cleverness and you've thought to yourself, "wow, those shirts really seem like they completely stole somebody else's joke and are cashing in." Well... you were onto something, only certain folks, this guy Todd Goldmann in particular took it one step further, grabbing folks' designs, artwork, ideas, jokes, etc. and making an industry off of them.
Here are some links to read up:
Coverage on SomethingAwful.com
Coverage on MikeTyndall.com
Coverage elsewhere... check out the t-shirt picture part way down the page text starting, "I had a Joke Here..." good stuff
Ok, that's all for now!
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