Comments on: Palin-haters to release lookalike attack book on Nov. 17

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[...] there you go. A guy who created an anti-Palin coloring book (not this book, despite the similarity of the name) due in part to the “yech vibes” he gets from [...]

By: IrishEi

IrishEi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:50:02 +0000

300,000 copies in one day—incredible!

Any word on how the lefty “alternative” Going Rouge is doing? It’s not even available on Amazon; you have to go to the “start-up” publisher’s website to buy it. Heh. Morons.

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By: PappyD61

PappyD61 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:53:51 +0000

This just confirms who they really really fear……..and it ain’t Huckleberry.

I want to see how Palin stands on the issues….period!!!

I hopes she’s Reagan in a dress…..but without someone like Bush 41 tagging along like he did in 1980!!

By: ichannel

ichannel — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:22:41 +0000

‘Sarah Palin goes down cheap at Amazon’…

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By: ace tomato

ace tomato — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:47:15 +0000

They should have called it “Going Ruse”

Question: is the lib book a humor book? Is it a parody or is it a collection of negative counterarguments? Because that parody thing isn’t THAT big of an umbrella. If the book isn’t a cheeky, witty satire of her book they’re going to have a hard time claiming parody.

It still astonishes me that Liberals would think this is the greatest, funniest thing ever – and then piss themselves if the Mullahs tell them not to reprint cartoons.

By: thmsmgnm

thmsmgnm — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:35:55 +0000

I am not a lawyers so I am probably wrong. Does this qualify as Trade Dress Infringement?

By: lovingmyUSA

lovingmyUSA — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:18:01 +0000

Sorry I wasted our time. You’ve definitely been off your meds for a long time.

Rod on October 22, 2009 at 9:11 AM

He hasn’t been able to find the proper dose to stop the twitching…

By: lovingmyUSA

lovingmyUSA — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:14:12 +0000

jon1979 on October 22, 2009 at 1:41 AM

I think we should go into the stores, ie B&N, Borders, ect, and note what is on prominent display. Then go back when Palin’s book is on sale and note it’s placement. If it’s not in front–I am going to LOUDLY present my facts–and I can talk really loud…

By: Pavel

Pavel — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:11:21 +0000

It’s a pretty straight up passing off/trade dress problem. The bad guys will raise a parody defense, probably, but they’ll lose on that. This isn’t parody; it’s a near dead knockoff. Parody is about jest; this isn’t.

The only question is a strategic one of whether Sarah wants to give these idjits any more publicity by suing them. She’d have a pretty good shot at an injunction against that cover, at least. I suspect her lawyers are looking at this right now.

By: wordwarp

wordwarp — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:08:06 +0000

Imitating the cover is fine but needs to clearly be labeled “SATIRE” or Palin’s lawyers will be able to quash it. Otherwise, it’s infringement and fraud.

After her RNC speech, the female vote swung 22 points to McP/Palin, and the “lines crossed” for the first time in the race, with McC taking the lead for the first time. She is a threat; that is why they are Quayling her.

By: Aristotle

Aristotle — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:50:42 +0000

If this is not copyright infringement, nothing is.

By: SheetAnchor

SheetAnchor — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:47:12 +0000

At approximately $9.00 a copy Governor Palin’s book will likely be a popular Christmas gift.

By: The Zoo Keeper

The Zoo Keeper — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:15:21 +0000

Back at ya, Libs: Palin Envy

By: concernedsenior

concernedsenior — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:10:46 +0000

Just goes to show the left are so stupid that the only way they can sell a book is to imitate someone that has brains.

They are laughable in their attempts to actually get someone to read their books, first they have to get a base that can read(progressive schools don’t teach that anymore) and then to understand the words they are reading, lefty books have to have F##@@**, and such words are all they understand. Pathetic bunch of losers.

By: rrpjr

rrpjr — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:05:34 +0000

What vicious little children. But we knew that.

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:22:32 +0000

Go for it!

profitsbeard on October 22, 2009 at 9:47 AM
It would have to be proved that they saw your post, and purposely copied it.
And everything posted on HotAir is public information, however anything written by them (HotAir) is automatically copyrighted. The layout, posts from ED and Allah, and probably the Green Room…however the individual posts are public and are not covered by copyright, except if used in general to copy the HotAir format.

right2bright on October 22, 2009 at 10:08 AM

Probably, but…

Start the suit, press to delay the publication, get the free publicity, and, even if you lose, you have made the point to a bigger audience.

And possibly stuck a stick in their little red tricycle’s spokes.

By: SouperConservative

SouperConservative — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:17:31 +0000

I think on November 17 I am going to go to all my local bookstores and put a slip a paper inside all the copies of the evil twin that says, “Congratulations! You have gotten ripped-off by by the Palin-hating left! Please return this copy to the book store for a refund you can use to purchase the REAL Palin memoir, “Going Rogue”.

By: Speedwagon82

Speedwagon82 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:17:23 +0000

Even if the Left did fear Palin the most(which they don’t, they like making fun of any Republican who they think combines the traits of being dumb and being religious), that doesn’t mean they are right. They also thought Rathergate was unjust and that Karl Rove was 24 business hours from being arrested. They are morons.

By: Knott Buyinit

Knott Buyinit — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:09:47 +0000

Palin-haters to release lookalike attack book

Good, no such thing as bad publicity.

Sarah Palin/Liz Cheney 2012 (either order)

By: Lily

Lily — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:02:16 +0000

Rouge-Rogue I dunno how successful this strategy will be for them. How many dyslexic Palin fans are there?

By: ChipDWood

ChipDWood — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:00:36 +0000

The key isn’t the deceptive cover- which is very much an attempt to deceive, without a doubt.

The key (at least in the brick & mortar sense) will be the positioning of each of the books. Up front & center in the “hot zone” as so many retailers call it? Will the Bizzaro version share shelf space with the genuine article?

Matter of fact, this whole attempt to deceive on the part of the “Nation” resembles the Bizzaro Superman in a very tight fashion, down to the color scheme.

I’d put together a poster concerning this point, but I have to work today.

Watch the positioning. If the farce is placed anywhere NEAR the genuine article, it will garner a ton of attention due simply to where it is in the store, rather than what it portends to contain.

Let’s see too if in the click & mortar world, Amazon & B&N place them next to each other as a mutated (Bizzaro) “Point/Counter-Point.”

Sorry for the book.

By: TodoDerecho

TodoDerecho — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:53:53 +0000

It appears to me that someone is begging to be sued for passing off, trade dress infringement, and general unfair competition/deceptive trade practices.

By: drocity

drocity — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:35:14 +0000

It never ceases to amaze me how petty “progressives” are. They can’t counter her with a sound argument or release a book dealing with the same themes to provide a counter argument, they have to trick people into buying a “fake” book. How is it they think this tactic will work? It is just going to piss people off and further marginalize themselves and those who agree with them. It will have the opposite effect for Palin.