Rick Olney--Fibber or Mega-Giganta-Fibber?

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Ok, I did miss something. I really am tired.

Its pretty clear he owes a shitload of money. Not the small amount many figured...but a shitload. A shitload that could see him in massive trouble.

And me....I just like saying shitload. See...I said shitload again.














shitload.

[OzBat!]

That's a shitload of...


well!

[Matt Doc Martin]

I repeat: NOT a good idea! 'cause then we'd leave ourselves open to claims of messing with his posts.

And he's quite capable of hanging himself without our help.

I think that between the individuals who made copies AND the backups here, he is pretty much fucked, regardless of what posts he changes now.

[matterconsumer]

It's great to be back! I love finally having the time to sit and read more than just my few non-spam e-mails. :D

~Bev
Who has missed you all so much!

Welcome back!

[MacQuarrie]

Not to disagree with you, but you can copyright a phrase or a single word.

I'm pretty sure you can't.
Copyright FAQs

[TCJohnson]

No offense meant to CitC at all, but I think it is fairly funny that he is the one person who comes in here even close to defending the guy ("All my experiences with him have been positive.") and what happens? Another Olney victim. (Again, CitC, you are in very good company.)

[neko onna]

ok..forgive me here..but this may be a naive question...But waht happens to all the art/scripts/logos/columns etc..does he actually HAVE this stuff of do they still belong to the people who created them..I mean.. It seems to me that since he has not paid fo rthe "product" he can't own it? But I could just be totally off base.

[Gail Simone]

I say again.

Rick is not banned. We specifically left his ISP open. I do not want him to be able to retract all his posts as if they never happened, as he tried to do here and has done elsewhere repeatedly. He threatened, he uttered anti-gay and anti-female slurs, and he repeatedly lied himself into a deep, deep pit. He can take responsibility for his actions, for once.

He can come back here any time. I do not ban people.

But he's not going to be allowed to pretend he didn't write all those comments.

Gail

[DocAbsurd]

Oh, and please don't blame the Creative Director. He's no more at fault than Ronee or I. You honestly have no idea how shitty he feels over getting so many creators wrapped up in this.

To make matters worse, Moby pinned the blame on Chuck (hope he doesn't mind me calling him Chuck) not getting his payment or any warning of his non-payment solely on the CD. 'The CD dropped the ball on this one,' I was told. 'I was busy with funeral arrangements and feeling sorry for myself and plotting my next course of revenge on Chuck.'

. . .

Okay, I made up the part about revenge.

Something else I recalled while we were talking about the MMC horror-con:

Remember the auction that was supposed to happen during the show but got delayed until after the doors closed? Remember all those donated items? They all got locked up in Unca Scrooge's moneybin. And even though 2005's horror-con was canceled, donations for that auction were still being accepted.

And similarly locked up in an undisclosed location in Duckburg.




Doc 'Suspiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicious' Absurd

[MacQuarrie]

I would go ahead and remove the TightLip tagline from the bottom of your site. One, Rick lied to you, he doesn't own anything. Two, you really don't want anyone associating you with Olney at this point.

Three, you are publicly giving Olney legal ownership to everything you write on your site.

Change your footer if you haven't yet done so.

[Wil Radcliffe]

No offense meant to CitC at all, but I think it is fairly funny that he is the one person who comes in here even close to defending the guy ("All my experiences with him have been positive.") and what happens? Another Olney victim. (Again, CitC, you are in very good company.)

That's how Rick does it. He finds good, honest people and uses them. He exploits their talents, their connections, and their ideas for his own selfish gain.

He should probably run for office.

[matterconsumer]

The whole trademark issue is mostly about legal power. Whether right or wrong a company with enough legal power can take you to court and drain you.

Companies will trademark words or phrases or to be most accurate will simply take you to court to try and force you not to use those words or phrases.

[Papergirl]

Welcome back!

Thank you! :D

~Bev

[Wil Radcliffe]

ok..forgive me here..but this may be a naive question...But waht happens to all the art/scripts/logos/colums etc..does he actually HAVE this stuff of do they still belong to the people who created them..I mean.. It seems to me that since he has not paid fo rthe "product" he can't own it? But I could just be totally off base.

He claims up and down that the creators have no right to the work even though they haven't been paid, and in many cases where there was no contract. But I'm looking into that.

[CitC]

I'm pretty sure you can't.
Copyright FAQs

Can I copyright my domain name?
Copyright law does not protect domain names.

This is the one I am glad to see, because even if all of you people involved in this as a living are wrong :) I can still keep the domain name to reroute everything with the original one to the right place.