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January 16, 2006

"You're gullible!" taken offline

Pandora: The creeping Blunticisation of Britain continues, and woe betide anybody who tries to stand in its way. The powers behind James Blunt's ubiquitous ditty, "You're Beautiful", have moved to stop a small web company from running a parody of the song at www.eclectech.co.uk. "It was a reaction to the Emperor's New Clothes thing," its writer, Tim Gillespie, tells me. Bucks Music Group has written to Gillespie, explaining: "It has come to our attention that... you have made an unauthorised parodied adaptation of 'You're Beautiful' entitled 'You're Gullible' (hereinafter referred to as 'the Unauthorised Adaptation')..." Unless the website desists forthwith, the music publisher will be left "with no alternative but to consider seeking a court order". The music has been removed from the site, but fans can still throw tomatoes at Blunt's cartoon image, above right, and read Gillespie's spoof lyrics. But there is evidence that Blunt, left, is complicit in breaching his own copyright. On his official website, weeks before the spoof was removed, his messageboard administrator wrote: "James was throwing tomatoes at himself on that site yesterday." Naughty boy.

You can read the relevant entry here on the James Blunt messageboard.

What's left of the animation can been seen here.

Posted by Manic on January 16, 2006 8:44 AM in the category Flash Music Video, Games and Objects

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Hang on a second, here.

If I remember my Copyright, Design and Trademarks Act and my Berne convention correctly, the right to parody and satirise without permission of the copyright owner is protected within copyright law.

Posted by: Unity at January 16, 2006 9:57 AM

Some of the comments on the James Blunt site are priceless, though - I do like the ones who talk about how jealous Eclectech must be of lovely talented James. Yes. That'll be it. Jealous. Of JAMES 'rhyming slang' BLUNT.

Posted by: Wolf Solent at January 16, 2006 10:24 AM

Perhaps people on the message board ought to have said that "James Blunt was playing with himself yesterday"

Posted by: Annie - London Underground Blog at January 17, 2006 9:35 AM

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	« Antidote to the blonde joke... \| Main \| Mysterious clicks on the line » January 16, 2006 "You're gullible!" taken offline Pandora: The creeping Blunticisation of Britain continues, and woe betide anybody who tries to stand in its way. The powers behind James Blunt's ubiquitous ditty, "You're Beautiful", have moved to stop a small web company from running a parody of the song at www.eclectech.co.uk. "It was a reaction to the Emperor's New Clothes thing," its writer, Tim Gillespie, tells me. Bucks Music Group has written to Gillespie, explaining: "It has come to our attention that... you have made an unauthorised parodied adaptation of 'You're Beautiful' entitled 'You're Gullible' (hereinafter referred to as 'the Unauthorised Adaptation')..." Unless the website desists forthwith, the music publisher will be left "with no alternative but to consider seeking a court order". The music has been removed from the site, but fans can still throw tomatoes at Blunt's cartoon image, above right, and read Gillespie's spoof lyrics. But there is evidence that Blunt, left, is complicit in breaching his own copyright. On his official website, weeks before the spoof was removed, his messageboard administrator wrote: "James was throwing tomatoes at himself on that site yesterday." Naughty boy. You can read the relevant entry here on the James Blunt messageboard. What's left of the animation can been seen here. Posted by Manic on January 16, 2006 8:44 AM in the category Flash Music Video, Games and Objects Pings (Trackback) For trackbacks, this is the URL: http://www.bloggerheads.com/cgi-bin/mt-tbbh_20x07.pl/859 Comments Hang on a second, here. If I remember my Copyright, Design and Trademarks Act and my Berne convention correctly, the right to parody and satirise without permission of the copyright owner is protected within copyright law. Posted by: Unity at January 16, 2006 9:57 AM - Some of the comments on the James Blunt site are priceless, though - I do like the ones who talk about how jealous Eclectech must be of lovely talented James. Yes. That'll be it. Jealous. Of JAMES 'rhyming slang' BLUNT. Posted by: Wolf Solent at January 16, 2006 10:24 AM - Perhaps people on the message board ought to have said that "James Blunt was playing with himself yesterday" Posted by: Annie - London Underground Blog at January 17, 2006 9:35 AM - Post a comment Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you're new to Bloggerheads, you may need to be approved by the moderator before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) URL: Remember me? YesNo Comments:

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