Comments on: Rapist ex-lawmaker claims copyright on his name, threatens legal action against anyone who uses it without permission http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: JoshuaZ http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667395 JoshuaZ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667395 And the Streissand effect is already in force: http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=%22Ted+Alvin+Klaudt%22&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=cbc2f75bf9d43a8f And the Streissand effect is already in force: http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=%22Ted+Alvin+Klaudt%22&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=cbc2f75bf9d43a8f

]]> By: lewis stoole http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667908 lewis stoole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667908 i have just patented my genes. any woman who bares a child with these patented genes without my consent, i will sue. (it would probably make more sense if i posted this under a monsanto post; but when i hear lawsuit, i become excited about the possibilities) i have just patented my genes. any woman who bares a child with these patented genes without my consent, i will sue. (it would probably make more sense if i posted this under a monsanto post; but when i hear lawsuit, i become excited about the possibilities)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667400 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667400 This would be a better gambit if it were novel, but it isn't. It's an old jailhouse lawyer trick, passed down from generation to generation of inmates like cargo cultism in the south seas. A variation on it is to first issue a flurry of documents purporting to establish a legal change of name, then in the second stage file for a writ of Habeas Corpus claiming that the name on the judgement and sentence is different and that therefore the inmate must be released. Neither method works. This would be a better gambit if it were novel, but it isn’t. It’s an old jailhouse lawyer trick, passed down from generation to generation of inmates like cargo cultism in the south seas.

A variation on it is to first issue a flurry of documents purporting to establish a legal change of name, then in the second stage file for a writ of Habeas Corpus claiming that the name on the judgement and sentence is different and that therefore the inmate must be released.

Neither method works.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667403 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667403 I am Ted Alvin Klaudt. I am Ted Alvin Klaudt.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667661 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667661 To the people ridiculing South Dakota: We have four Giant stone robot presidents lying in wait under Mount Rushmore, and they will punch you in your grandma. To the people ridiculing South Dakota: We have four Giant stone robot presidents lying in wait under Mount Rushmore, and they will punch you in your grandma.

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667662 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667662 "Ted Alvin Klaudt" can be sung to the tune of "Carol of the Bells." <em>Ted</em> Alvin Klaudt, <em>Ted</em> Alvin Klaudt. I don't have time to write the whole filk now, but the "Merry Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas" line would be "Stupid Stupid Stupid Stupid Stupid Rapist." “Ted Alvin Klaudt” can be sung to the tune of “Carol of the Bells.” Ted Alvin Klaudt, Ted Alvin Klaudt. I don’t have time to write the whole filk now, but the “Merry Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas” line would be “Stupid Stupid Stupid Stupid Stupid Rapist.”

]]> By: nehpetsE http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667408 nehpetsE Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667408 No! I'm Ted Alvin Klaudt, daughter raper! No! I’m Ted Alvin Klaudt, daughter raper!

]]> By: MelSkunk http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667665 MelSkunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667665 Wow, this is almost as good a money making idea as selling eggs to fertility clinics! *shudder* Wow, this is almost as good a money making idea as selling eggs to fertility clinics!

*shudder*

]]> By: lewis stoole http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667932 lewis stoole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667932 you just gave me a great idea for selling testicles! you just gave me a great idea for selling testicles!

]]> By: Hans http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667424 Hans Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667424 I suppose the belief that these sorts of arguments work is a commentary on how people (well, inmates) think of the criminal justice system: a thoughtless golumn enforcing rules without for either justice or consequences. They're opinion of a judge as a sentient, decision-making entity must be pretty low for them to think the argument would work. I suppose the belief that these sorts of arguments work is a commentary on how people (well, inmates) think of the criminal justice system: a thoughtless golumn enforcing rules without for either justice or consequences. They’re opinion of a judge as a sentient, decision-making entity must be pretty low for them to think the argument would work.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667940 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667940 Sounds like the guy gets legal advice from comic book villains. <blockquote>Hoffman, run down to the patent office, copyright the name "Green Goblin." I want a quarter every time someone says it.</blockquote> -J.J. Jameson Sounds like the guy gets legal advice from comic book villains.

Hoffman, run down to the patent office, copyright the name “Green Goblin.” I want a quarter every time someone says it.

-J.J. Jameson

]]> By: Thalia http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667434 Thalia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667434 Mr. Klaudt should be referred to <A HREF="New Kids on the Block v. News Am. Pub., Inc">New Kids on the Block v. News Am. Pub., Inc (9th Circuit, 1992)</a>. Mr. Klaudt should be referred to New Kids on the Block v. News Am. Pub., Inc (9th Circuit, 1992).

]]> By: Thalia http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667435 Thalia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667435 Mr. Klaudt should be referred to the New Kids On The Block case, which clarified the right of papers to use trademarks, even famous, registered ones, in the context of identifying parties. http://openjurist.org/971/f2d/302 Mr. Klaudt should be referred to the New Kids On The Block case, which clarified the right of papers to use trademarks, even famous, registered ones, in the context of identifying parties. http://openjurist.org/971/f2d/302

]]> By: Simon Bradshaw http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667436 Simon Bradshaw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667436 What everyone else has said. This article would be more accurate if it said "...that claiming to know the law..." because Klaudt clearly does not. What everyone else has said. This article would be more accurate if it said “…that claiming to know the law…” because Klaudt clearly does not.

]]> By: WorldWithoutEnd http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667447 WorldWithoutEnd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667447 What the article says is that "knowing the law is no prerequisite for serving in high office." i.e., this case proves that one doesn't have to know the law to get into high office. What the article says is that “knowing the law is no prerequisite for serving in high office.” i.e., this case proves that one doesn’t have to know the law to get into high office.

]]> By: RainyRat http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667458 RainyRat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667458 I'm Ted Alvin Klaudt, and so is my wife. So I guess this means that there will be [counts other posts] at least five lawsuits winging their way to BB as a result of this thread so far? I’m Ted Alvin Klaudt, and so is my wife. So I guess this means that there will be [counts other posts] at least five lawsuits winging their way to BB as a result of this thread so far?

]]> By: Satan Ate My Ears http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667468 Satan Ate My Ears Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667468 The only thing greater than the absurdity of this man's logic is his resemblance to the "ding, fries are done!" guy. <a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/12/jailed_ex-state_rep_ted_alvin_klaudt_threatens_new.php"> Can ya see it?</a> The only thing greater than the absurdity of this man’s logic is his resemblance to the “ding, fries are done!” guy.

Can ya see it?

]]> By: 3lbFlax http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667475 3lbFlax Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667475 We're all Ted Alvin Klaudt now. On a more serious note, I genuinely am Ted Alvin Klaudt, but not Ted Alvin Klaudt the rapist; I'm Ted Alvin Klaudt the latrine orderly. Furthermore to this nominative coinkydink I hereby grant all people of the Earth everywhere the right to use my name (Ted Alvin Klaudt) IN PERPETUITY on land and sea and wherever God shines his light*, particularly when referring to my namesake Ted Alvin Klaudt (the rapist) as a method of avoiding tiresome litigation. * Except in Nebraska. We’re all Ted Alvin Klaudt now.

On a more serious note, I genuinely am Ted Alvin Klaudt, but not Ted Alvin Klaudt the rapist; I’m Ted Alvin Klaudt the latrine orderly. Furthermore to this nominative coinkydink I hereby grant all people of the Earth everywhere the right to use my name (Ted Alvin Klaudt) IN PERPETUITY on land and sea and wherever God shines his light*, particularly when referring to my namesake Ted Alvin Klaudt (the rapist) as a method of avoiding tiresome litigation.

* Except in Nebraska.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667989 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667989 Isn't a name public record? Can you copyright something that is present in the public domain? Isn’t a name public record? Can you copyright something that is present in the public domain?

]]> By: johnnyuber http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667995 johnnyuber Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667995 From now on I will make sure to refer to him as "Klaudt the Rapist". From now on I will make sure to refer to him as
“Klaudt the Rapist”.

]]> By: johnofjack http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667489 johnofjack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667489 Unfortunately for this guy, I hold patents on both stupidity and corruption. Unfortunately for this guy, I hold patents on both stupidity and corruption.

]]> By: UncommonSense http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-668027 UncommonSense Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-668027 But how will he get his mail? But how will he get his mail?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667519 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667519 perhaps he could change his name to a short story and then of course it would be copyrighted. "For Sale: Baby shoes - never used,"is unfortunately already taken but I'm sure he could think of something. perhaps he could change his name to a short story and then of course it would be copyrighted. “For Sale: Baby shoes – never used,”is unfortunately already taken but I’m sure he could think of something.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667522 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667522 How is this any more stupid than the ip laws they actually enforce with such enthusiasm? How is this any more stupid than the ip laws they actually enforce with such enthusiasm?

]]> By: bardfinn http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667523 bardfinn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667523 A commentary, by bardfinn. <i>Ted</i> Alvin Klaudt, <u>Ted</u> Alvin Klaudt, <b>Ted</b> Alvin Klaudt - <i>Ted</i> Alvin Klaudt; Ted<b>Ted</b> <i>Ted</i>TedTed<b>TedTed</b> <i>Ted</i>TedTed<b>TedTed</b> <i>Ted</i>TedTed<b>TedTed<u>Ted</u></b> Alvin    Alvin      Alvin        Alviiin Klaudt Alvin    Alvin      Alvin        Alviiin Klaudt (ad nauseam) A commentary, by bardfinn.

Ted Alvin Klaudt, Ted Alvin Klaudt, Ted Alvin Klaudt – Ted Alvin Klaudt;
TedTed TedTedTedTedTed TedTedTedTedTed TedTedTedTedTedTed

Alvin
   Alvin
     Alvin
       Alviiin
Klaudt

Alvin
   Alvin
     Alvin
       Alviiin
Klaudt

(ad nauseam)

]]> By: lev3k http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667533 lev3k Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667533 Maybe you should put his name in the title, Cory. Maybe you should put his name in the title, Cory.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667543 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667543 In case anybody was wondering, I googled, and yes, he was a Republican. In case anybody was wondering, I googled, and yes, he was a Republican.

]]> By: Chris Tucker http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-668062 Chris Tucker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-668062 <a href="http://img.skitch.com/20091217-d1htqwf5g1ykq4hfsu2y5k2mce.jpg"><B>Ted Alvin Klaudt</B></A> <Butthead>Hehehehehe "Weigh in"</Butthead> Ted Alvin Klaudt

<Butthead>Hehehehehe “Weigh in”</Butthead>

]]> By: Naberius http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667552 Naberius Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667552 "Proving, at least, that knowing the law is no prerequisite for serving in high office." Dude was a state representative in South Dakota. That's... medium office at best, right? I mean there's like 150 people in South Dakota these days. I imagine they all just take turns serving in the statehouse. “Proving, at least, that knowing the law is no prerequisite for serving in high office.”

Dude was a state representative in South Dakota. That’s… medium office at best, right? I mean there’s like 150 people in South Dakota these days. I imagine they all just take turns serving in the statehouse.

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html#comment-667818 MrJM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667818 South Dakota : Mount Rushmore :: Iowa : ??? South Dakota : Mount Rushmore :: Iowa : ???

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