The League of Roundie Henchmen
Published by The Cavalier December 1st, 2006 in ESPN, Orange Roundie, Scoop JacksonDid they not understand the last post?
You have stolen an original character from us and used it for your own purposes.
There ain’t no room for fan-fiction in the Orange Roundie’s world, Scoop. You can write as the ball all you want, but you sure as hell can’t call it “Orange Roundie”. Call it “Red-Yellow Orbster” or something, okay?
Why are we fired up? You see, the Scoop Jackson column has been “fixed”. Instead of “a website” it’s “a website called yaysports.com”.
You’re making it worse, and we now have no choice but to organize. Big thanks to famed commenter “Wanna-Be Roundie Henchman”, who is now a wanna-be no more.
Welcome, friends…to The League of Roundie Henchmen.
(Official logo and merchandise to come.)
All you need to do is send Scoop an email via this link, then email us a copy of it at yaysports@gmail.com. If you’re a blogger, simply post your outrage and send us a link.
Our target: Scoop Jackson and ESPN.com.
Our mission: Exposure.
Our goal: The column pulled down off the site and some sort of retraction.
Our reasons: Theft of intellectual property with clear intent and complete disregard for the owner.
This is it, people. This is where the blogosphere rises up and says, “you’re a poo-poo head”. You can’t take our commerical ideas and hard work and pawn it off as your own. You cannot do it anymore. Like Vince Carter said back when he wasn’t disliked, IT’S OVAH.
JOIN NOW.
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Here’s one who’s definitely not interested in becoming an Official Henchman, and in fact thinks we’re just being racists:
D-Wil
This is much more fun than lawyers, yes? Also cheaper and likely more effective!
Aboslutely awesome.
I need a descriptor….Like Roundie Henchman #1, or Roundie Henchman Carrying Large Wrench, or something.
Do I need to get a tattoo or a branding for this? One without a panda, please.
Can I just be a Roundie Henchman groupie? I don’t want to get my hands dirty..
and please don’t do any henchmen work on wednesday or thursday nights… I need to be able to watch Real World on MTV…
mmmm C.T!
Do we get dental?
Following up on my comment earlier (which I emailed to Scoop, thus making me a proud Henchman) that Scoop Jackson has just made himself the Jayson Blair of sports journalism,
perhaps we need to go through Scoop’s archives, Google some of the themes and key terms, and see what else he’s plagiarized? Plagiarists tend to be repeat offenders.
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We are all outraged at the fact that you ever-so-sneakingly-just-borrowed-for-a-moments-use-the-already-used-and-undeniably-popular “Orange Roundie” from Yaysports.com. It’s a crime, shame, mocker, and more.
We need a theme song. May I suggest “Regulators” by Warren G.
My blog is in:
http://www.poundingtherock.com/story/2006/12/1/124325/382
“Regulators” is much better than the Smurf’s theme song my co-workers recommended. Mount up!
The natives are restless in Celtics land… so Red’s Army is ready to roll!!! and we want BLOOD!
Or a retraction. That’ll work too. But BLOOD… man… that would be something, huh?
Yeah, that asshat thought he was giving you guys some “love” by crediting you as “a website.” What a condescending hack.
I emailed Scoop Jackson and told him that MoonDog is a stupid mascot. He doesn’t look like a Cavalier…
He could have just pretended to be a floorboard and the article would have been as fun to read, and wouldn’t have infringed on anyone’s intellectual property.
I’m no lawyer, but I’m pretty sure the copyright is a non-issue, as this is editorial content. Just like New York Times can write about Tide or Nike without fear of legal action, so can ESPN write about The Orange Roundie. Which is a fany way of saying, based on my limited and dated understanding of such things, I suspect this is a case about ethics, not laws, regulations, or statutes.
He’s not writing about it, though - he’s using it.
Scoop Jackson….F’ing Hack- Awful Announcing
You are such a hack. How could you completely copy another site like that? That was a verbatim jacking of something that’s been running since May.
I hope you lose the only 15 readers you have left.
Awful Announcing
Out Of Kilter, though nominally a football blog, considers itself a henchman.
YaySports forever, fuck Page 2.
So a priest, a nun and Scoop Jackson walk into a bar…
When we go out, can I carry a Trident?
what shadiness.
alright, angry email sent.
What else? sign me up!
This news is deplorable on so many accounts. You have every right to be angry at Scoop, and we should not stop until he is fired from ESPN for all his forms of plagiarism.
Bullets Fever is behind you and then some.
http://bulletsfever.blogspot.com/2006/12/shame-on-scoop-jackson-and-espn.html
After thinking about it for a while, I realized that Hooper is a stupid mascot too…
a horse in a Pistons’ costume is not intimidating…
From Bill Simmons column today - a subtle dig at Scoop?
“Normally, I despise when people steal from someone else or do a half-assed impression of them and hope nobody else notices, whether it’s writing, music, stand-up comedy, late-night comedy, scripted stuff or whatever. There’s nothing more annoying than someone who isn’t original.”
That’s what I was thinking too stupid
hilarious! i heart simmons right now.
nice to see so much love and support for the CAV
hey,
i think this is a good idea.
Acknowledgment/Attribute is the only way to people to respect ideas.I think the old lawyers+courts= (c) is not the most practical way forward.
Http://ajoybabu.blogspot.com is a henchman.
LOL…(although im partial to soccer and the mavs)
You can add ESPNBS.com to your list of henchmen.
NBA Macedonia joins the list of the henchman.
That didn’t come out as planed…
Ok, I know it’s early but NBA Macedonia I have no idea what you are saying to me
My bad, Wish…The most important thing is that we are with Cavalier with this one. All the way from Macedonia, Europe.
Yeah, the Bastards are aboard this train. Ron wrote this little gem.
http://www.sportsbastards.com/index.php?itemid=159
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I’d like to become an official henchman!