Goodbye Bert!
In here the creator of this webpage says “This is not selling out. I was not bullied. I am not being a pussy.”
I don’t know what to say, but I think this might have to do with his pics being used by the Afghani’s in their protests. :rolleyes:
How lame. 
Sam
Grrrrrrrrr…what a lovely night this is shaping up to be. I must admit that looking at that poster made me wonder if I’d finally lost hold of my sanity, but, FUCK!!
:mad:
For all the people who think Dino Ignacio is weak for killing Bert, read here: http://pub31.ezboard.com/ffractalcowboardfrm1.showMessage?topicID=6.topic
You’re sure to find allies.
Sam
Damn.
The djinn is out of the bottle. The evil Bert cannot be contained. He’s hiding in this thread, according to reliable sources.
And he’s pretty up front in this thread, which you shouldn’t open if you are at work.
I’m not commenting one way or another on the issue of tainting our children, censorship, etc., but I would like to note that after all, Bert is the intellectual property of the Sesame Street folks, or Henson Productions, or whoever, not the Bert Is Evil guy. And I don’t know what his previous relationship was with Sesame Street, but if this site had indeed escaped their notice until now, and if he had no understanding or licensing agreement with them (possible, but I doubt it), I’m pretty sure that once they discovered it, he would have been asked to take it down. Possibly by some pink furry googly-eyed lawyers.
Of course, if he had been maintaining the site with the intellectual proprerty owners’ blessing, I’m sure someone will be along to enlighten me.
Scarlett, who did laugh out loud when she first saw the imfamous poster
If they take down Bert is Evil, then “The Terrorists Have Won ©”.
I have the images. I knew this day would come. I don’t like it when my paranoid fears are justified.
:mad:
I actually just have the Osama bin Burt images. Maybe a few more. I’ll check.
Using images for parody purposes or for protest is constitutional, as long as it is so noted. Also, if the media companies were to enforce copyrights on imagery and such, then all those fan sites will have to come down as well. You’d think that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of the most popular shows in the world according to the proliferation of web sites on the Internet. Copyright violations of this show online, imagery, audio and video, are more prevalent than any other show. I doubt that Fox will do anything about it, though, without raising the pro-Napster-like ire of Buffy fans everywhere. It is no coincidence that the World Wrestling Federation’s heavy-handling of many wrestling sites preceeded their ratings decline.
A number of years ago, CTW successfully sued an artist that made depictions of Bert & Ernie in a homosexual relationship. As I recall, there were no “explicit” images, but CTW was able to convince the court that the images were “damaging,” and they had to be destroyed. This was “serious” art, on display in a gallery. So I don’t know if the poor sap could trot out the first amendment for his website, if CTW wanted to flex it’s publicly-funded muscle.
Sorry I couldn’t come up with a cite – it was close to ten years ago, and there’s only so much time I’m willing to spend at Google with search terms like “Gay artist Children’s Television Workshop” – I’m expecting the paedophilia police at the door any minute.
True—they choose not to enforce their copyrights, because the bad publicity would outweigh any benefits. But they would have a legal right to enforce them, if they were so inclined.
According to the site, he shut it down because after refusing to do several interviews about the Osama thing a local news station ambushed him at his front door. He requested that they not show him on T.V. but they did so. He claims it wasn’t fun anymore. I for one laffed half the night when I first read the story of those dumb ass protesters. I expected someone would post a picture of Evil Bert in the print shop slipping the infamous picture onto the poster.
Hijack/
I printed the Evil Bert/OSB picture and left it on my desk. My 7 yr old son picked it up and yelled “Thats NOT true!” I tried to explain it to him, but I’m not sure he believes me. I just glad it wasn’t Santa Clause with OSB.
Hijack\
The closest I could find was from 1993, when CTW, in response to rumors started by Christian fundamentalists that a live Sesame Street stage show was going to feature Bert and Ernie marrying, issued a press release stating that this was false and that B&E are not gay. I could find nothing about a gay artist being sued by CTW.