The Civil War Within Skepticism

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

I started off not giving a fuck about all this but now I'm intrigued as to how it's all going to turn out.
...Will it all end with a single gunshot echoing through a reinforced concrete bunker under the FfTB top secret headquarters, I wonder?

[Aurora Borealis]

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[rachelbean]

[Thinking Aloud]

We should set up "A-".

ATHEISTS MINUS things that we ... you know ... stuff:

• Atheists Minus: we hardly ever remember that we don't care that we don't believe in gods because the bacon is too damned nice.
• Atheists Minus: OTHER THINGS! *

* Smiley representing drunken state not representative of all Atheist Minus acolytes.

[Coito ergo sum]

And, regarding the false DMCA issue.... it has, apparently, been confirmed that "Surly Amy" (the chick who makes ceramic jewelry, and then stated that conferences should have rules that say that nobody else can sell ceramic jewelry except her...), was the chick who filed the "false DMCA" claim.... http://elevatorgate.wordpress.com/2012/ ... a-notices/

Interestingly, as with just about everything Skepchicks do, there is to be one rule for everyone else, and another rule for them. Surly Amy objects to someone picturing her jewelry on a blog in order to comment, discuss and critique it -- hence the DMCA claim she filed. But, she believes that she can use the Namco Pacman copyrighted and trademarked designs on her jewelry....http://www.etsy.com/listing/99261745/i- ... eramic-pac

This is classic: http://atheiststoday.com/articles.php?article_id=23

So, let's take it from the top:

Surly Amy -- manufactures Surly Ramics (aka, crappy ceramic jewelry) and she hawks them at atheist and skeptic events -- for a (*gasp*) "profit." LOL -- she invests her capital, creates a product, sells it on the open market, and derives a profit....what an evil person she is....

She doesn't want anyone else to be able to sell ceramic jewelry at skeptic and atheist events, because, I guess anything other than "Surly-authorized" jewelry is verboten, especially if it parodies her....

Nevertheless, without a license from the copyright owner, she feels she can market and sell jewelry with copyrighted commercial images on them...

Got it, Surly Amy -- another example of Skepchicklogic.

[Animavore]

How many Skepchicks are there anyway?

They're like 'roaches.

[Robert_S]

Ok this is not the DMCA notice from the Youtubes of Girlwriteswhat.

Ani, I think there's around 40 of them.

[Animavore]

40?

I'm making a list

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

:heh: pwned.

I read earlier that someone (I forget who, now.) claimed they were going to set an attourney on Youtube because their automated DMCA complaints procedure is open to abuse such as that employed by certain unscrupulous parties (to try to obtain personal info).
Is this likely to succeed, do you think?

[Coito ergo sum]

Ok this is not the DMCA notice from the Youtubes of Girlwriteswhat.

Nope. This is ANOTHER false DMCA thing...

[Coito ergo sum]

:heh: pwned.

I read earlier that someone (I forget who, now.) claimed they were going to set an attourney on Youtube because their automated DMCA complaints procedure is open to abuse such as that employed by certain unscrupulous parties (to try to obtain personal info).
Is this likely to succeed, do you think?

Doubtful. What they might be able to do by initiating the action, though, is get solid confirmation on who the persons are that filed the DMCA claims.

[Robert_S]

Ok this is not the DMCA notice from the Youtubes of Girlwriteswhat.

Nope. This is ANOTHER false DMCA thing...

OK as far as I know, there is no word on who did the youtube ones.

[Bella Fortuna]

40?

I'm making a list

Hoping they're Latvian?

[Animavore]

40?

I'm making a list

Hoping they're Latvian?

Hoping they're good looking

[Pappa]

We should set up "A-".

ATHEISTS MINUS things that we ... you know ... stuff:

• Atheists Minus: we hardly ever remember that we don't care that we don't believe in gods because the bacon is too damned nice.
• Atheists Minus: OTHER THINGS! *

* Smiley representing drunken state not representative of all Atheist Minus acolytes.

I said that earlier, but my post was jinxed by being the last on the page.