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Raygun explains decision to trademark name and shut down comedian's musical

www.abc.net.au Raygun explains decision to trademark name and shut down comedian's musical

The Olympic breaker says she had been "blindsided" by the musical and only heard about it through media reports.

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I'm sympathetic, because if I embarrassed myself that bad I'd also want it to go away. But this ain't gonna make it go away lmao
- Yeah, she's kinda Streisand-ing herself... And if she takes it to court, she might Lehrmann herself....
I missed this piece from a few days ago.

Raygun’s claim against a parody musical may not stand up: here’s what the law says
- I only heard about it when I opened Reddit and half my front page was mocking her
  
  Trying to copyright a kangaroo hop is going to be funny. I'm pretty sure we did that in PE in prep or grade 1. Not to mention, y'know, the fact there's 30-80 million (depending on whose guess you trust) animals out there doing it every day
  
  I meant I missed the analysis published on The Conversation that I linked. I heard about the shutting down of the musical and saw the news about Gunn's latest insta post. Her response seems kinda 'How do you do, fellow kids' and at first I thought it was hilarious in a 'gift that keeps on giving' kind of way but then I realised it's just sad.
  
  Oh okay, you wanna trademark the single most efficient leg-based locomotion system in the animal kingdom? What's next, wheels? You want the rights to all wheels, as well? What else? Sure, you invented water, that's fine.
  
  Wait what? They're not paying their license fees? Arrest those filthy law breakers!
I can explain it hell even Mr Krabs can explain it without listing to this clown

MONEY
Good I'm happy for her she seems genuine and the world is such a shit place
- There are many better break dancers in Australia but her and her partner lied and manipulated to get into the the Olympics and made a complete joke about what should be been a serious event.
  
  Literally a national embarrassment then follows up with lawsuit over a parody show. I cannot wait to stop hearing about this woman.
  
  The claim that she cheated her way into the Olympics has been widely disproven: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australian-breakdancer-raygun-olympics/
  
  That was a completely false rumor that spread like wildfire because people like you will believe anything they read.
  
  the Olympics is a joke imo. the whole thing is corrupt and shitty
- She seems the exact opposite of genuine to me.
- Seems being the operative word here
  
  I think she's good at seeming
  
  Nah straight up this women doesn't deserve any of this flak and at this point people still memeing on her are fuckin dweebs
@Baku #thechaser DEFO nomination!

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