Big Fat Rose is Off His AXL - Too bad, Web Sheriff

Here's a bit of hilarity. Axl Rose, Mr. Hard Rock Macho Man, got his feelings hurt by...MEMES.

Somebody took a photo of him and now he wants it banned from the Internet!

All he's gotten is scorn...and MORE MEMES uploaded to make fun of him.

Do you suppose it's difficult now (or over the past 10 years) to get a free download of his stupid band's albums? Even artists who pay Web Sheriff A LOT can't do much about forums these days, or torrents in foreign countries.

Funny, then, that this guy wants Web Sheriff to send takedown requests to GOOGLE (ho ho ha ha hee hee) on a PHOTO.

Here's a guy who didn't exactly lend his name (as Prince did) to anti-piracy screeds.

Did he say he objects to the piracy of his music? No, just a PHOTO.

Now he expects GOOGLE to block every upload of an image he dislikes? He expects GOOGLE to pull every image off their search engine??

And then what, Web Sheriff is going after everyone on FACEBOOK and TWITTER who makes fun of him and posts a MEME??

As someone with a little experience in matters of "intellectual property," I could've told Axl, "Save your money. Web Sheriff will HAPPILY take it from you and file the DMCA's, but you won't get bang for your buck. First off, NOBODY is OBLIGATED to takedown a fucking thing."

Nope. They can simply send the DMCA back and say, "More information please," and "How does this violate your copyright OR intellectual property? What are your damages? Do you realize there's such a thing as parody? Do you know that these people aren't making any money off the image?"

Gray areas and apathy, Axl. You are SCREWED. Let's add the whack-a-mole aspect: you can ask for a takedown and a minute later, it'll be right back up, and GOOGLE will demand you send in another one and waste more of your time and money.

The schmuck should never have started up a fight. Not when gleeful FREAKS out there love to seize on news items like this, and scream with glee that copyright is copy wrong, and sometimes the big bad Web Sheriff gets out-gunned.

Twitter and Facebook are exploding with MORE MEMES on this fat-faced lunatic.

There was a time, ten fucking years ago, when Axl, the Rolling Stones, Prince, Metallica, Dylan, Paul Simon, and others who may have sent in DMCA's, could've really ended the piracy problem. They could've instantly rallied ALL their pals and said, "Everyone, send in complaints. Everyone, lobby your Senators. Everyone, refuse to do concerts in states that don't have senators who will fight for our anti-piracy bill."

Nope, didn't happen. Now Axl wants action? Against GOOGLE and others who now have all the power??

The RIAA stood still. The MPAA stood still. SAG and other unions stood still. SOPA didn't pass. Too fuckin' late now, Fatty.