Glenn Beck takes legal action against the internets

[Commissar MercZ]

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Originally Posted by Admiral Donutz

I barely know the guy (saw a few scenes on the Daily Show, that's it) and it can be quite understandable that any person doesn't like nasty rumours being spread about them. Whether those rumours are 100% nonsense, based on some sort of history and gone wild or actual fact. On the other hand spreading a rumour can hardly be made illegal, so stopping a rumour from spreading is going to be tricky. The ebst you can do is probably try and stop any known sources from spreading the rumour due to slander.

Note that it isn't a libel case here. This is a "trademark" issue.

So Glenn Beck isn't refuting such claims. This is damning evidence ****

****This is trademarked by Glenn Beck Co.

Regarding this particular case, as I said I barely know the guy, if it's a method he himself has used or a fact to getting something going it would only be a matter of time before people get pissed off and annoyed at the guy and decide to use his own tatics against him (or make fun of him).

Though as others said, I never heard of this rumour untill I saw this thread, which means this whole thing could do him more "damage" then good as more people hear about the rumour. THe thing he wanted to prevent in the first place. I'd doubt (m)any people would for second believe such runours though. SUch tactics are pretty much under-the-belt tactics and hardly honourable...

His show runs on this methodology more or less. Like Phoenix said a few posts back, his whole career has been built up on making baseless claims and false accusations, more so than the average journalist.

He would probably be bed-fellows with the various nationalist parties that exist across Europe, if it wasn't for the fact that they were, you know, European

[NiteStryker]

So..wait...hes a republican commentator who raped a girl in 1990?

Im not following this very well....

[BadHairDẵy]

DidGlennBeckRapeAndMurderAYoungGirlIn1990.com

This will help.

[Dion]

This is a little vague, so apparently a 1990's Glenn Beck murdered a little girl and is suing the internet for exposing the truth?

And the legal basis of demolishing a legitimate site is trademark? So he murders little girls, spews out mental acid, cries on television and thinks he's the only Glenn Beck alive? This man should be put in jail!

[NiteStryker]

You cant sue the internet. Its not a single entity.

[BadHairDẵy]

Originally Posted by NiteStryker

You cant sue the internet. Its not a single entity.

IT IS NOW!

He's suing the trademark the guy has. He wants him to give it up, so it'll all go away, instead of just suing him outright. He has no case in normal court, so he went at the trademark angle, which the case there is not even close to enough.

[NiteStryker]

Originally Posted by BadHairDẵy

IT IS NOW!

He's suing the trademark the guy has. He wants him to give it up, so it'll all go away, instead of just suing him outright. He has no case in normal court, so he went at the trademark angle, which the case there is not even close to enough.

So he supposedly raped a girl in 1990...how does one go from that to being a popular talk show host?

And I want to see some unbiased shit about this alleged rape.

[BadHairDẵy]

FYI, it's satire about his TV program and the lies he spreads.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by BadHairDẵy

FYI, it's satire about his TV program and the lies he spreads.

Conclusively, we are talking about an apparent jest concerning a potential murderer who supposedly murdered a young girl in the 1990s and it just so happens that the person is a senile baby boomer who goes by the name of Glenn Beck?

[BadHairDẵy]

Yes, essentially.