History Quotes / ScrewedByTheLawyers

-->-- '''[[https://youtu.be/tdB96vdDToQ?&t=2120 T.J. Fixman]]''', describing a narrowly [[AvertedTrope averted]] example from ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureQuestForBooty''

-->-- '''Narrator''', ''[[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends Happy Tree Friends: YouTube Copyright School]]'', This message appears when a user gets copyright strike and has been forced to watch it and take trivia questions about copyright.

-->-- '''Zordan''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE60Vbtrx2M Friday the 13th Part III | THEY TALK!]]

-->-- The [[Film/TheMuppetMovie “Rainbow Connection”]] parody about the ongoing lawsuit over the rights to the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' movies, at the end of the ''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII'' episode of WebVideo/DeadMeat[=‘s=] ''They Talk!''

-->-- The copyright censorship parody scene from the movie: ''Nick Offerman: The American Ham''.

->''For a while there was also a very popular Web site set up by college students wishing to determine what happens to Twinkies when they are heated with torches, dropped from tall buildings, etc., but when I tried to check it out, it had been closed down by lawyers. Perhaps by the time you read this book, it will be back in operation again. Or perhaps the entire Internet will have been closed down by lawyers. Or perhaps college students will have started dropping lawyers from tall buildings. You never know with the future.''

->''Your face look like [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Patrick]], video go down.''

->'''Narrator:''' Hey, Russel! You didn't create that video, you just copied someone else's content. Uploading someone else's content without permission could get you into a lot of trouble. It may be... COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT! Copyright is a form of protection for original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, graphic and audiovisual creations. Copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, or publicly displayed without the permission of the copyright owner or the legal right to do so. Even though [=YouTube=] is a free site, you can get into serious trouble for copyright infringement. You can be sued and found liable for monetary damages. You could lose your booty or worse: you could lose your [=YouTube=] account. You only get a few chances. If [=YouTube=] receives a valid notification of alleged copyright infringement from a Copyright holder for one of your videos, the video will be removed in accordance to the law. You'll be notified via e-mail and in your account, and you'll get a strike. If [=YouTube=] finds you're a repeat offender, you'll get banned for life!
-->-- From the ''[[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends Happy Tree Friends: YouTube Copyright School]]'' video. It appears when a user gets copyright strike and has been forced to watch it and take trivia questions about copyright.

->'''The Lawyer (Creator/MarcEvanJackson):''' HEY! STOP THE AUDIO! SHUT IT DOWN, NOW!
->'''The Wood Carver (Creator/NickOfferman):''' But why, Who the hell are you?!?
->'''The Lawyer (Marc Evan Jackson):''' I am an intellectual property attorney and you have stolen my client's melody.

->'''Pinkie Pie:''' B-But what about my ridiculously ambitious fan - project?
->'''Rarity:''' My artwork was only a little saucy!
->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' I made crossovers with 71 other fandoms! Was it one too much?
-->-- From ''VideoGame/CanterlotSiege'', when the Lawyer reaches the end and gives his cease-and-desist.

->'''John Stossel:''' I would try to use some background music on this show, But sometimes I have been told "YOU CAN'T USE THAT, YOU DON'T THE RIGHTS!"
-->-- From the Nighttime with Stossel episode on ''The Copyright War''.

->'''Norman Caruso:''' Unfortunately, we will never be able to see ''Doki Doki Panic'' release on the Wii U or 3DS Virtual Console. Because Fuji Television holds the rights to the characters, while the rest of them are Nintendo.
-->--From ''WebVideo/TheGamingHistorian'' episode on the mystery of the Japanese-only ''Original Super Mario Bros. 2 (AKA The Lost Levels)''.

->'''Announcer:''' Time Warner Cable has dropped your favorite channels and shows.
->'''[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Eric Cartman:]]''' What?!?
->'''Announcer:''' That means, no Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}...
->'''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob:]]''' NOOOOOOOOOO!
->'''Announcer:''' No Creator/{{MTV}}...
->'''[[Series/TheHills Lauren Conrad:]]''' I'm really, really upset right now.
->'''Announcer:''' No Creator/ComedyCentral...
->'''[[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert:]]''' Ooh, that makes me so ANGRY!
->'''Announcer:''' No Creator/{{VH1}}, no Creator/SpikeTV, no Creator/{{Noggin}}, and no TV Land. You lost nineteen of your favorite channels!
->'''[[WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer Dora Marquez:]]''' Oh no!
->'''Announcer:''' Call Time Warner Cable now, and say...
->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' No!
->'''Lauren:''' NO!
->'''Colbert:''' NOOOOOO!
->'''Cartman:''' ''NOOOOOO!''
->'''Announcer:''' Demand that they put those channels back on the air. Call us at (1-800)-892-4357.

->'''Carol Costello:''' If you want to start your New Year's eve by watching ''[[Series/TheDailyShow The Daily Show with Jonathan Stewart]]'', It may not be very easy if you have Time Warner Cable.
->'''Katrina Pierson:''' Yeah, Look at how serious Creator/{{Viacom}} is. Yeah, I went Christmas shopping and I found this poster ad on the directory map in the mall, And the message reads "Why are Dora and Boots crying over?" and they are referring to the popular preschooler show: WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer.
->'''Carol Costello:''' Yeah, I am very sure my children will be crying if the show gets taken off.
->'''Katrina Pierson:''' And my 2 year olds are going to be shocked without Dora and Diego. Well, Anyways, Here is the story about the contract. You see, Time Warner Cable's contract to carry Viacom's networks, including Nickelodeon, as well as MTV, Comedy Central, Showtime, CBS, and many others expires on December 31st. And they said, If they can't negotiate with them, Viacom will pull their channels, and their on demand programs off of Time Warner Cable's local system.

->''If people are watching this video, they already know. Since the only time most people watch this is when they got hit with a copyright strike and they don't already have the knowledge to begin with.''

->''You used to think that it was so easy''\\
''You used to say that it was so easy''\\
''But you're tryin', you're tryin' now''\\
''Another year and then you'd be happy''\\
''Just one more year and then you'd be happy''\\
''But you're cryin', you're cryin' now''

->''Why aren’t there anymore''\\
''Movies about Jason''\\
''[[Film/FridayThe13th2009 The last one]] was in ‘O Nine''\\
''We just get [[Film/NeverHikeAlone fan]] [[Film/NeverHikeInTheSnow films]]''\\
''And cool music videos''[[note]]GO WATCH COMMON SHINER’S SOCIAL MEDIASOCHIST[[/note]]\\
''But none in the real timeline''\\
''Oh I’ve been told bout an ongoing lawsuit''\\
''To see who the rights owner will be''\\
''Someday they’ll fix it''\\
''This dumb legal action''\\
''The lawyers, Victor Miller, and S.C.''\\
''That stands for Sean Cunningham''\\
''The producer who helped make these films''

->''About [[TheScottishTrope "the one replaced by Nameless"]][[note]]K9999[[/note]], you can't talk about him at SNK at all, even if anyone wishes, for legal reasons. He claims it is safe to say that from now on, in any SNK game, he will never return.''

->'''The Lawyer (Marc Evan Jackson):''' HEY! STOP THE AUDIO! SHUT IT DOWN, NOW!
->'''The Wood Carver (Nick Offerman):''' But why, Who the hell are you?!?

->'''Narrator:''' Hey, Russel! You didn't create that video, you just copied someone else's content. Uploading someone else's content without permission could get you into a lot of trouble. It may be, COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT! Copyright is a form of protection for original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, graphic and audiovisual creations. Copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, or publicly displayed without the permission of the copyright owner or the legal right to do so. Even though [=YouTube=] is a free site, you can get into serious trouble for copyright infringement. You can be sued and found liable for monetary damages. You could lose your booty or worse: you could lose your [=YouTube=] account. You only get a few chances. If [=YouTube=] receives a valid notification of alleged copyright infringement from a Copyright holder for one of your videos, the video will be removed in accordance to the law. You'll be notified via e-mail and in your account, and you'll get a strike. If [=YouTube=] finds you're a repeat offender, you'll get banned for life!

->'''Narrator:''' Hey, Russel! You didn't create that video, you just copied someone else's content. Uploading someone else's content without permission could get you into a lot of trouble. It maybe, COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT! Copyright is a form of protection for original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, graphic and audiovisual creations. Copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, or publicly displayed without the permission of the copyright owner or the legal right to do so. Even though [=YouTube=] is a free site, you can get into serious trouble for copyright infringement. You can be sued and found liable for monetary damages. You could lose your booty or worse: you could lose your [=YouTube=] account. You only get a few chances. If [=YouTube=] receives a valid notification of alleged copyright infringement from a Copyright holder for one of your videos, the video will be removed in accordance to the law. You'll be notified via e-mail and in your account, and you'll get a strike. If [=YouTube=] finds you're a repeat offender, you'll get banned for life!

-->-- Joke about obsessive copyright takedowns in the WebAnimation/YoutubePoop community.

-->-- '''Team Power Geyser'', paraphrasing '''Creator/{{SNK}} community manager Krispy Kaiser'''[[note]]But after all, [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXV "I had to keep the lie going for years."]][[/note]]

-->-- '''[=PowerGeyser=].com''', paraphrasing '''Creator/{{SNK}} community manager Krispy Kaiser'''[[note]]But after all, [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXV "I had to keep the lie going for years."]][[/note]]

->'''Narrator:''' Hey, Russel! You didn't create that video, you just copied someone else's content. Uploading someone else's content without permission could get you into a lot of trouble. It maybe, COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT! Copyright is a form of protection for original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, graphic and audiovisual creations. Copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, or publicly displayed without the permission of the copyright owner or the legal right to do so. Even though YouTube is a free site, you can get into serious trouble for copyright infringement. You can be sued and found liable for monetary damages. You could lose your booty or worse: you could lose your YouTube account. You only get a few chances. If YouTube receives a valid notification of alleged copyright infringement from a Copyright holder for one of your videos, the video will be removed in accordance to the law. You'll be notified via e-mail and in your account, and you'll get a strike. If YouTube finds you're a repeat offender, you'll get banned for life!

->'''Narrator:''' (Gasp) Uh-Oh, Uploading someone else's content without their permission could get you into serious trouble. It maybe, COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT! Copyright is a protection form of art. It includes music, audio, art and video works. Copyright Infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, or publicly displayed without their permission, Or the legal right to do so. Even though Youtube is a free video sharing site, You can still get into serious trouble for Copyright Infringement. You can get sued. (A Gavel hits Russel's head) And found liability for monetary damages. You could lose your booties (Russel's pile of goal disappears), Or even worse: You could lose your Youtube account. (Russel's laptop magically vanished) You only get a few chances. If Youtube receives a valid notification of a Copyright infringement from one of the Copyright holder of the video, Your video will blocked according to the law. (Video gets replaced by a static screen and the red sad face with the caption: "ERROR!: This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Lumpy. Sorry about that.") You will be notify via Email and in your account, And you'll get a strike (Russel screams when he got a Copyright strike). If you get three strikes, You could be banned from Youtube. And you may be sent to jail by the FBI for the rest of your life due to Copyright Infringement. Here is an idea: Why not create your own Youtube video?
-->-- From the Youtube video: ''[[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends Happy Tree Friends: Youtube Copyright Lawsuit School]]''. It appears when a user gets copyright strike and has been forced to watch it and take trivia questions about copyright.

->'''[[Series/TheHills Lauren Conrad:]]''' I'm really really upset right now.

->'''Announcer:''' No Creator/{{VH1}}, no Creator/SpikeTV, no Creator/{{Noggin}}, and no TV Land! You lost nineteen of your favorite channels.

->'''Cartman:''' *NOOOOOO!*

->'''Norman Caruso:''' Unfortunately, We will never be able to see ''Doki Doki Panic'' release on the Wii U or 3DS Virtual Console. Because Fuji Television holds the rights to the characters, while the rest of them are Nintendo.

->'''[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Cartman:]]''' What?!?

-->--2008 television ad, on Creator/{{Viacom}}'s disputes with Time Warner Cable

->'''Announcer:''' ATTENTION TIME WARNER CABLE, CUSTOMERS! Time Warner Cable is dropping your favorite networks and shows!
->'''Cartman:''' WHAT?!?
->'''Announcer:''' That means, No Nickelodeon!
->'''Heffer:''' NOOOOOOOOOO!
->'''Announcer:''' No MTV!
->'''A Woman:''' I'm really really upset right now!
->'''Announcer:''' No Comedy Central!
->'''Jonathan Stewart:''' OOH, THAT MAKES ME ANGRY!!!
->'''Announcer:''' No Showtime, No Spike TV, No Noggin, And no TV Land! You have lost a lot of your favorite channels and shows!
->'''Drake:''' THIS IS SO BAD!!!
->'''Announcer:''' Call Time Warner Cable now, And shout:
->'''Rocko:''' NO!
->'''Dora and Boots:''' NO!
->'''Drake:''' NO!
->'''Cartman:''' NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
->'''Announcer:''' To demand Time Warner Cable to put those channels and shows back on the air, Call us at (1-800)-892-4357.
-->--The commercial from Christmas 2008 when Creator/{{Viacom}} had a fight with Time Warner Cable

->'''Norman Caruso:''' Unfortunately, We will never be able to see ''Doki Doki Panic'' release on the Wii U or 3DS Virtual Console. Because Fuji Television holds the rights to the characters, While the rest of them are Nintendo.
-->--From ''WebVideo/TheGamingHistorian'' episode on the mystery of ''Japan original Super Mario Bros. 2 (AKA The Lost Level)''.

-->--Creator/{{HLN}} report on Viacom having negotiation problems with Time Warner Cable.

->''If people are watching this video, They already know. Since the only time most people watch this is when they got hit with a copyright strike and they don't already have the knowledge to begin with.''
-->--'''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter''' on his rant video about ''[[Recap/HTFYoutubeCopyrightLawsuitSchool Youtube's Copyright Lawsuit School with Happy Tree Friends]]''

->''If people are watching this video, They already know. Since the only time most people watch this is when they got hit with a copyright strike and they don't already have the knowledge to begin with.