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treat Pick
Wants A Leendin Bear!
Join date: 19 Sep 2008
Posts: 155
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06-30-2009 08:40
its been ages and im still lookin for the moonwalk gesture perhaps this is not the right time to ask
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Annabelle Babii
Unholier than thou
Join date: 2 Jun 2007
Posts: 1,797
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06-30-2009 08:48
Where's the Billy Mays items???  BUY PRIM CLEAN! IT WORKS ON PLYWOOD! NO WARPING, NO MUSS! JUST CLICK ONE BUTTON FOR INSTANTLY SHINY PRIMS! ..wait, we already have a button for shiny prims? _____________________
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Czari Zenovka
I've Had it With "PC"!
Join date: 3 May 2007
Posts: 3,688
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06-30-2009 12:20
Just a simple reaction: I agree. The only legitimate way would be for example: a Farrah Fawcett tribute item with all profits going into RFL. I've had a RFL vendor with bracelets to honor Farrah Fawcett while she was still alive. I was saddened that only 1 person donated. _____________________
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Tristin Mikazuki
Sarah Palin ROCKS!
Join date: 9 Oct 2006
Posts: 1,012
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06-30-2009 12:26
I'd buy an MJ and Billy Mayes grave to dance on lol
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Imagin Illyar
Owner, Willowdale Estates
Join date: 6 Feb 2008
Posts: 290
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06-30-2009 12:29
You don't have to "look thru their screens and into their minds" because its OBVIOUS. Charging for a tribute item for profit is disrespectful, low class and scummy. Simple. Why weren't there TRIBUTE items BEFORE his death? Afterall, like him or not.. he DID accomplish a lot in LIFE not DEATH. Simple. Why is it low class and scummy to sell people things they want to buy? Why does it matter that they are linked to a person who recently died? Isn't the problem with the people who rabidly buy this crap up when someone dies? _____________________
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Tormented Twilight
#1 Cheese Lover
Join date: 30 Jan 2004
Posts: 103
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06-30-2009 14:40
I dunno. Personally I don't see anything at all wrong with it. These merchants realized that there would be a demand for a product and produced it. That's pretty smart. Michael Jackson's name, image, likeness, music, and anything else you can think of that invokes Michael Jackson pretty much is copyrighted and trademarked. Also MJ's attorneys have stated they will viciously be pursuing copyright/trademark infringements. Right now, they're like kids with popguns in a shooting gallery. _____________________
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Destiny Niles
Registered User
Join date: 23 Aug 2006
Posts: 949
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06-30-2009 15:06
I think Al Sharpton is worst than any of the tribute sellers. He's not planning MJ funeral, he's planning his own day in the spotlight. We probably will see more of Al Sharpton and Joe Jackson than MJ at the funeral.
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Tod69 Talamasca
The Human Tripod ;)
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 4,107
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06-30-2009 15:29
I think Al Sharpton is worst than any of the tribute sellers. He's not planning MJ funeral, he's planning his own day in the spotlight. We probably will see more of Al Sharpton and Joe Jackson than MJ at the funeral. LOL! I thought that same thing.   _____________________
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23rdDjin Negulesco
Unfinished Build Master
Join date: 30 May 2007
Posts: 661
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06-30-2009 15:31
We probably will see more of Al Sharpton and Joe Jackson than MJ at the funeral. hopefully NOone will be seeing much of MJ at the funeral... after all, haven't they already detached and frozen his head? _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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Join date: 10 Jan 2007
Posts: 25,000
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06-30-2009 15:39
hopefully NOone will be seeing much of MJ at the funeral... But I betcha Elvis shows up. _____________________
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Ceka Cianci
SuperPremiumExcaliburAcc#
Join date: 31 Jul 2006
Posts: 4,489
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06-30-2009 16:35
LOL! I thought that same thing. i am buying up all the Billy Mays products in town and when people realize they are all gone they will pay my tribute to Billy Mays prices.. let them use baking soda and vinegar until they realize there is only one oxy clean!!  _____________________
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Doreese Dufaux
Registered User
Join date: 23 Dec 2007
Posts: 148
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06-30-2009 17:22
But I betcha Elvis shows up. LMAO |
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Clarissa Lowell
Gone. G'bye.
Join date: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 3,020
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06-30-2009 21:43
I don't see what's wrong with capitalism. Jackson didn't earn his money by giving his music away. Why should content creators be forced to give their work away? They did create those items, even if they were inspired by Jackson's work.
Also it's normal and it's human nature since recorded time, to honor the dead and to speak well of them once they are dead. It is a time when the loss is keenly felt, and all the good things the person had to offer are put up fresh in the mind in bold relief, with the knowledge there will be no more, ever. So lighten up Francis(es). _____________________
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