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<a href="http://ytmnd.com/news/?news_id=56">God forbid ANYONE make fun of <i>Sonic the Hedgehog</i>!</a>

So yeah, this is pretty damn stupid. Sure, Sega has the right to tear this stuff down - but really, why? Last I checked, both expressing opinions and general parody, which most of these fall under, are covered by the first amendment as free speech, so there shouldn't be a problem.

I guess somebody's just bitter that people finally stopped buying crappy 3D <i>Sonic</i> games.

The rap is pretty amusing

http://ytmndsega.ytmnsfw.com/

Honestly though this whole thing is ridiculous and I lose more respect for Sega (even if it was Sega of Europe) by the minute. It's feeling like in the near future I'm going to be considering them as one of the worst companies in the industry.

The legal letter didn't mention rape at all only copyright infringement you think Sega the Would be more concerned over the image of an IP that they market mostly to children.

that rap makes me cry with its words of hate.

I thought it was pretty funny. And revealing.

Maybe Sega needs to die a little bit more. They seem to like to abuse their remaining fan base.

*sighs*

SEGA, you used to be COOL, man.

You've changed.

I remember a time when i'd scribble poorly written letters to SEGA, asking me how to get past Wing Fortress in Sonic 2, and getting back a 4-page walkthrough of the entire game, along with a level select code, and a code to be Super Sonic, whom i didn't even know existed at the time.
(I thought once the code was entered, Sonic would sprout a cape like Superman and fly.)

But now they're just corporate jerks.

I reitirate: YOU USED TO BE COOL!

...MAN!

When stuff like this happens, everyone reacts by saying "Man, I just lost all my respect for COMPANY-X. They've really gone downhill!"

But guys, every big company employs a massive legal department to go out and enforce their copyrights for them. And every once in awhile, one of those lawyers does something kind of silly. But it's not like the president of SEGA sits down and personally authorizes every cease-and-desist they send. It's all contracted out. It has nothing to do with the rest of the company.

A little while ago, one of Nintendo's lawyers issued a cease-and-desist to Suicide Girls because one of the naked models mentioned some NES games she liked in her blog. When the owners of the site told Nintendo this had happened, Nintendo immediately backed down and issued an apology. They had no idea the CaD had ever been issued in the first place.

The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Lawyers just try to sue or CaD or patent everything that moves because that's what they are paid to do.

You know your company is in a rut when your lawyers start sending psuedo-intellectual complaint letters to a website that has the collective mental age of ten, and they still somehow manage to show that your company sucks.

Edit: To Esrever-

You're right about that, but you've got to wonder if you're hiring the right kind of lawyers when their legal case is completely beaten down by a rap song about rape scenes and homosexual messages that don't actually exist.

M.C.Dillinger wrote:The legal letter didn't mention rape at all only copyright infringement you think Sega the Would be more concerned over the image of an IP that they market mostly to children.

I think Sega should be sued over letting children play Shadow the Hedgehog and the next-gen Sonic.

The blatant stupidity of those games are far more damaging to a child's mental growth than any rap song or website frequented by bored pot-heads/high school students.

Why does it seem like the only branch of SEGA that ever takes legal action is SOE?

Immediately transfer the ownership of the Website to us.

hahahahahahahahahahahah

Good work lawyers. Way to destroy Sega's reputation even more (if that's possible).

Um can someone tell me what happened to my post thanks in advance.

Sega of Europe ordered The GHZ's staff to remove it as to not give the impression that your opinion reflected Sega's own.

I deleted it myself partially because of its utter disregard for grammar but mainly because it was whiny and melodramatic. There's been more than enough "oh why sega i hate you so much for raping my childhood" floating around. You gotta be more creative than that.

Well I don't know what post you were reading but my grammar was fine and it always is pal.

b_boult wrote:Well I don't know what post you were reading but my grammar was fine and it always is pal.

Grammar is always my pal, too!

b_boult wrote:Well I don't know what post you were reading but my grammar was fine and it always is pal.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

That could've done with a few commas, b_boult. Also, you're a very silly man and were I more willing to, I would give you such an e-tongue lashing that you would cry yourself to sleep.

Legal action is for little bitches, by the way.

Well I don't know what post you were reading but my grammar was fine and it always is pal.

That's nice. My grammar's NTSC, for the record.

TIME TO SUE THE INTERNET

Hit a nerve?

Edit: there was once a post above mine that was a very angry one indeed.

Esrever wrote:When stuff like this happens, everyone reacts by saying "Man, I just lost all my respect for COMPANY-X. They've really gone downhill!"

Well as this appears to be partially aimed at me I'll mention that in this situation it's not this in particular that's causing my loss of respect, it's just one extra addition to an already massive mountain of problems lately. I think everyone feels pretty much the same way.

Oh man. The exaggerated, retaliatory personal attacks, the questioning of sexuality, the use of fuck every other word...I grew up in NY, so listening to that guy really takes me back. I actually burst out laughing when he started talking about the rings.

Who are you talking about exactly?

The guy that talks inbetween the rapping.