Glenn Beck Loses Claim Against Creator Of Web SiteGlennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com

A web site mocking Glenn Beck's integrity has won a claim brought against it by the Fox News commentator accusing the site of violating trademark rights, according to THREsq.com.

The site www.glennbeckrapedandmurferedayounggirlin1990.com was based on a joke posted on Fark.com (TechDirt posted a link to the comment). The parody site's founder, Isaac Eiland-Hall, created the site on the premise that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990, because after all, Beck never denied taking part in a non-existent attack (a clear dig on Beck's sometimes illogical rants and conspiracy theories).

In early September, Beck's interests filed a claim against Eiland-Hall claiming that the site was registered in bad faith and violated trademark rules. The World Intellectual Property Organization ruled Oct. 29 in Eiland-Hall's favor. After proving his innocence to the WIPO panel, Eiland-Hall wrote Beck and gave him control of the web site. The site has been taken down.

Read Eiland Hall's letter to Beck.

Comments

[adrian nyu]

No geniuses, free speech, goes both directions, that's the point...

[okila]

I guess if you go on a public forum and say obviously untrue outbursts you should be sued? Hmmm.... Good idea "defender of free speech".

[brady61995]

two wrongs dont make a right and they are both wrong very wrong

[imfedup]

Well, he should know bad faith when he see it . . .

[BOin08]

"If you can't attack his ideas attack the man" James Carvel

[jaggededge]

it's just another instance of the rights hypocrisy. he spends entire programs railing on the the 1st amendment, (also 2nd) then as soon as something is said he doesn't agree with, it needs to be stifled. these are the same guys who preach family values & go hiking the argentinian tail. they promote anti-gay legislation & hang around airport bathrooms. they have spent years trying to kill medicare, but when it fits their strategy, they'll accuse the opposition of exactly what they've been doing. thewy wrap themselves up in the flag & flagpins, but get 5 deferrments when it comes time to serve. luckily the size of their followers is shrinking everyday.
but hopefully, beck will not get away with therapeand­murderoagi­rlin1991

[RSKaz]

Gosh. I hope this setback doesn't drive Beck to violence. Again.

[R3dhead]

How is it that Beck can sue and nobody can sue him? This system is all crazy.

[FallenAngelII]

How exactly were they supposedly violating trademark laws? By using his name?

[Horus45]

Guess Beck did not know that Satire is Constitutionally Protected Free Speech.

[FantasticFourFan]

B-b-but I thought he was a champion of free speech! Certianly he's not (GASP!) a HYPOCRITE AND LAIR?!!! No, that certainly couldn't be!

[henrypapillon]

Wasn't he in a bunch of movies in the fifties?

[jaggededge]

that's greg peck

[ThirdSection]

A Face in the Crowd, 1957. Andy Griffith played him.

[rekk]

The letter was great. Says that Beck was fighting against the First Amendment by running after this little critique. It's TRUE! All these Rwing buff00ns can't stand when other people use their first amendment rights to criticize or praise. Apparently only the Rwing is entitled to speak their mind.

[Prakosh]

Becky, please come forward, drop all these silly lawsuits and just tell us the real story behind all these accusations. And why did you go into the hospital or was it a de tox center. We need the truth Becky and we need it now! Why are you dodging these issues?

[buckeyedave]

So Beck chose to simply ignore these outrageous and slanderous accusations, then some creep puts up this website promoting this false accusation. Boy the left must be proud of this guy.

[jjj1951]

Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander, my friend.

[cstandri]

It's called satire, and it doesn't work if you just ignore it. Then again, the way the right all runs to any conspiracy website they can find, I guess you'd better fight it to make sure people don't believe it because everything they read on the internet is true.

[bluejoni2525]

Point so what !!!

[fedupinfla]

I realize it must pain you to have your hero being picked on, but when he's made a fortune off of lying about & slandering others, its hard to find any sympathy for him.

Oh, and yeah....we're kinda proud of this guy!!!

[brotherskeeper]

Chose to ignore and simultaneously sue, you mean. Yep, every time the hypocrisy is spotlighted were proud. Never met this guy but I am proud of him. THE Ohio State University must be concomitantly proud of your exacting logic.

[Rmath]

Beck won't learn anything from this.