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Rocknation's JournalShades of of "Fat Axl-Gate"
Boris Minkevich at the Winnipeg Free Press, who took the original photograph, (says) he was unaware Axl had been trying to "cleanse the web" of his picture. Even though the photograph was taken by Minkevic...Web Sheriff, an anti-piracy company...claims he is not the copyright holder.
The company (said) in a statement..."We can gladly confirm that all official/accredited photographers at [Axl Rose] shows sign-off on 'Photography Permission' contracts/'Photographic Release' agreements which...specify and limit the manner in which the photos can be exploited and...transfer copyright ownership in such photos to [Axl Rose's] relevant service company...
"[If a photographer] was there and taking shots without permission or authority, then other considerations/factors would come into play as to what such individuals can and cannot do in terms of attempting to commercially exploit the resultant images of someone else's show..."
Minkevich could not recall if he signed any contracts...
Nice try -- but they're overlooking the facts that Minkevich got his "permission" to take the photos from the Winnipeg Free Press, and that is was they who so cruelly "exploited" Axl by publishing them under the "power and authority" of their editorial copyright. Even worse for Web Sheriff, that isn't even really the point.
This is really the point: neither Minkevich, his newspaper, nor any the search engines created these:
And their creators had every right to do so, because memes are a form of public free speech that do not violate any copyrights if they do not meet the standard of defamation, slander or obscenity (a lower standard if you're a public figure) and if their creators don't profit from them.
Axl "looked bloated" in the photos because he WAS bloated. And bullying the photographer when the Winnipeg Free Press was the closest thing to a culprit equates to stepping on a bug because the alternative is wrestling an alligator. Which might explain why the concert review with Minkevich's photos are STILL online 12 years later.
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I may NEVER listen to the studio version of this song again
Masters Of Reality "100 Years (Of Tears On The Wind)" (Live At The Viper Room)
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"OMG OMG OMG -- my BEST-paying photo gig EVERRRRRRR!"
"I don't know which of the bands who performed at the Dingbatz rock club in Clifton NJ on 4/3/2022 is responsible -- Brainwashed Youth or Seafox or Origami. But because this was left on the floor rather than given to me directly, I have no doubt that they all chipped in. So thanks, and that goes triple for all of them!
"I took this photo as a keepsake, of course -- and of course, I will be bypassing the teller machines at my bank to deposit my bounty IN PERSON first thing in the morning!"
Brainwashed Youth:
Seafox:
Origami:
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I don't always make GIFs. But when I do,
I will be grateful to Stephen Wilhite from now on.
GIFs that I "fostered" in DU posts via my Web host that were "adopted" by DU as official smileys (the last one within 18 hours):
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EVERYONE'S "big league dreams" deserve respect -- and SELF-respect.
Tebow allowed an over-entitled over-piety to "outscore" whatever self-respect and work ethic that he did have -- and should have invested in -- developing his (God-given?) talents and leadership potential.
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A lesson I'm constantly trying to teach my celebrity-struck young friends
It's not how much you're worth (the difference between what you have and what you owe), it's how much actual cash that you actually have which you don't owe.
When her brother incurred criminal charges in 2015, rapper Nicki Minaj raised bail by putting up real estate she owned as collateral on a pair of $50,000 promissory notes. You'd think that someone who was allegedly worth $65 million at the time would have at least $100K sitting around with nothing better to do than gather dust and compound interest, wouldn't you?
And remember when rock star Jon Bon Jovi tried to buy a piece of an NFL team? He couldn't because he was "only" a millionaire on a billionaire's playing field. Every cent of his estimated $350 million net worth would have to had been converted into cash -- by selling off all his assets AND paying off all his debts -- just to come up with his share of the franchise fee!
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Was hoping for at least 60 months of hard time, but 41 plus his probation totals 77
And remember, he doesn't want be known as the "Q-Anon Shaman" anymore -- The "Q A-Nut Sham Man" it is, then!
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It's been quite a while since I've thought about the Minnesota airport, too
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I have come to reducing my 9/11 mourning to 9/11 mornings
I put two candles in the window, share the good works of DU-er Symbolman, Jon Stewart, Michael Moore, and Black Sabbath; confront the irony of probably not ever becoming a DU-er if 9/11 had been just another day; and pat myself on the back for my eternal vigilance against being seduced or intimidated by the rightwing machine.
After which I just proceed to get on with my life.
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Biles' fatal error was calling her problem "mental" when even the Olympics called it "medical."
At the press conference, she said there was a 5 1/2-hour period after the morning workout during which she found herself "shaking" and "could barely nap," which she had "never" felt going into a competition previously (hope she got to eat during that time). Her warmups went "a bit better," but after her vault, she decided "No -- mental is not there."She also said, "I was trying a two-and-a-half and I ended up doing a one-and-a-half. Just got a little bit lost in the air." Athletes refer to that as "the twisties," a form of vertigo due to your brain and ear canals (which monitor your sense of balance) NOT being accustomed to flipping through the air two and a half times.
That is to say, Biles' "mental" hesitation was due to "physical" symptoms -- a genuine "medical issue." Her timing couldn't have been worse, of course, making it easy for her to be subjected to accusations of being a loser, coward, diva, and disgrace to her race.
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