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->''"An injunction is a very expensive way to make sure a very boring story reaches the maximum number of people"''

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->''"An injunction is a very expensive way to make sure a very boring story reaches the maximum number of people"''people."''
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-->-- '''White House Press Secretary C.J. Cregg''', displaying rare savviness about this trope with regards to a "tell-all" White House memoir, ''Series/TheWestWing''

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-->-- '''White House Press Secretary C.J. Cregg''', displaying rare savviness about this trope with regards to a "tell-all" White House memoir, ''Series/TheWestWing''''Series/TheWestWing''

-> "The problem is that if you say to a journalist, 'Can you avoid that topic?', that's when they really go for it. It's like saying to the school bully, 'I'll wet myself if you tickle me.'"
-->-- '''Terri Coverley,''' ''Series/TheThickOfIt''
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-->-- '''Hermione Granger''', ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''

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-->-- '''Hermione Granger''', ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''

->''"Let me tell you something I've learned in my years; there are victims of fires, there are victims of car accidents. This kind of thing, there are no victims, just volunteers. Of ''course'' we'll get in the game; I'll talk to the editors of the major papers but we're not going to publicly refute every bogus charge. First of all, there's too many of them. Second of all, I'm not giving this guy and his book the weight of the White House. As far as the press is concerned, I've read the book because I ''had'' to. You have a vague recollection of the guy, but he wasn't here long enough to make a lasting impression. "Have you read the book?" Of course not. You're too busy doing a job."''
-->-- '''White House Press Secretary C.J. Cregg''', displaying rare savviness about this trope with regards to a "tell-all" White House memoir, ''Series/TheWestWing''
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-->-- '''Hermione Granger'''

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-->-- '''Hermione Granger'''Granger''', ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''
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-->--'''[[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]]'''

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-->--'''[[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]]'''Colbert]]'''

-> "If [Umbridge] could have done one thing to make absolutely sure that every single person in this school will read your interview, it was banning it!"
-->-- '''Hermione Granger'''

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->''"[[Creator/{{ITV}} ITN]] have been hurriedly going around trying to remove it from Website/YouTube and [[InternetCounterattack people keep putting it back up]]. So now we've broadcast it! [[TakeThat Fuck you, ITN!]]"''

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->''"[[Creator/{{ITV}} ITN]] have been hurriedly going around trying to remove it from Website/YouTube and [[InternetCounterattack people keep putting it back up]].up. So now we've broadcast it! [[TakeThat Fuck you, ITN!]]"''
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-->--'''Music/SirMixALot''', on MTV banning ''Baby Got Back''

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-->--'''Music/SirMixALot''', on MTV banning ''Baby Got Back''Back''

->"Unfortunately folks, Rick Santorum complaining about the more popular "[[{{Squick}} Santorum]]" only made things worse. Last week, "Santorum" was one of the hottest search terms on Google. The only people who haven't heard about this are the Amish. I have a feeling he'll do well with the Pennsylvania Dutch."
-->--'''[[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]]'''
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-->-- '''John Gilmore'''

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-->-- '''John Gilmore'''Gilmore'''

->"...and right before that I had a meeting where someone said, “How does it feel to be banned from MTV?” I was like, excuse me? Now I think my career’s over. I remember talking to Heidi Robinson, Rick’s publicist, and she said, “No, no! Now you’re the forbidden fruit; now you’re really gonna sell some records!”"
-->--'''Music/SirMixALot''', on MTV banning ''Baby Got Back''
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->''"You better download as much free porn as you can before the all-powerful {{Music/Beyonce}} calls up UsefulNotes/AlGore and tells him to pull the plug and shut down the entire Internet, because SANS PHOTOSHOP pictures of her face are out there. The Internet was good while it lasted, but we dun goofed."''
-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/02/18/rip-the-internet-unretouched-pictures-of-beyonce-have-leaked/ Michael K.]]''', "RIP the Internet"
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-->'' '''John Gilmore'''

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-->'' -->-- '''John Gilmore'''
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-->-- '''[[Creator/TheCynicalBrit John "TotalBiscuit" Bain]]'''

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-->-- '''[[Creator/TheCynicalBrit John "TotalBiscuit" Bain]]'''Bain]]'''

->''"The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it."''
-->'' '''John Gilmore'''
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-->--TotalBiscuit

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-->--TotalBiscuit-->-- '''[[Creator/TheCynicalBrit John "TotalBiscuit" Bain]]'''
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->"I think you can see this is ''not'' an innocent developer being attacked and abused by some {{YouTube}}r out to profiteer from their hard work. '''This is a developer who has ''repeatedly'' acted in an underhanded way, and continues to do so to this very day. A developer that not only cannot take criticism, but actively goes out to ''censor'' it with the sole purpose of selling as many copies of [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncident their wretched]] [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncident ''disaster'']] [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncidentof a game]] as possible.'''"

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->"I think you can see this is ''not'' an innocent developer being attacked and abused by some {{YouTube}}r out to profiteer from their hard work. '''This is a developer who has ''repeatedly'' acted in an underhanded way, and continues to do so to this very day. A developer that not only cannot take criticism, but actively goes out to ''censor'' it with the sole purpose of selling as many copies of [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncident their wretched]] ''[[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncident disaster]]'' [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncident ''disaster'']] [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncidentof of a game]] as possible.'''"
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->"I think you can see this is ''not'' an innocent developer being attacked and abused by some {{YouTube}}r out to profiteer from their hard work. '''This is a developer who has ''repeatedly'' acted in an underhanded way, and continues to do so to this very day. A developer that not only cannot take criticism, but actively goes out to ''censor'' it with the sole purpose of selling as many copies of [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncident their wretched]] [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncident''disaster'']] [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncidentof a game]] as possible.'''"

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->"I think you can see this is ''not'' an innocent developer being attacked and abused by some {{YouTube}}r out to profiteer from their hard work. '''This is a developer who has ''repeatedly'' acted in an underhanded way, and continues to do so to this very day. A developer that not only cannot take criticism, but actively goes out to ''censor'' it with the sole purpose of selling as many copies of [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncident their wretched]] [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncident''disaster'']] [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncident ''disaster'']] [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncidentof a game]] as possible.'''"
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->"I think you can see this is ''not'' an innocent developer being attacked and abused by some YouTuber out to profiteer from their hard work. '''This is a developer who has ''repeatedly'' acted in an underhanded way, and continues to do so to this very day. A developer that not only cannot take criticism, but actively goes out to ''censor'' it with the sole purpose of selling as many copies of their wretched ''disaster'' of a game as possible.'''"

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->"I think you can see this is ''not'' an innocent developer being attacked and abused by some YouTuber {{YouTube}}r out to profiteer from their hard work. '''This is a developer who has ''repeatedly'' acted in an underhanded way, and continues to do so to this very day. A developer that not only cannot take criticism, but actively goes out to ''censor'' it with the sole purpose of selling as many copies of [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncident their wretched ''disaster'' of wretched]] [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncident''disaster'']] [[VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncidentof a game game]] as possible.'''"
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-->"'''This is a developer who has ''repeatedly'' acted in an underhanded way, and continues to do so to this very day. A developer that not only cannot take criticism, but actively goes out to ''censor'' it with the sole purpose of selling as many copies of their wretched ''disaster'' of a game as possible.'''"

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-->"'''This ->"I think you can see this is ''not'' an innocent developer being attacked and abused by some YouTuber out to profiteer from their hard work. '''This is a developer who has ''repeatedly'' acted in an underhanded way, and continues to do so to this very day. A developer that not only cannot take criticism, but actively goes out to ''censor'' it with the sole purpose of selling as many copies of their wretched ''disaster'' of a game as possible.'''"
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-->-- '''UsefulNotes/RichardNixon'''

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-->-- '''UsefulNotes/RichardNixon''''''UsefulNotes/RichardNixon'''

-->"'''This is a developer who has ''repeatedly'' acted in an underhanded way, and continues to do so to this very day. A developer that not only cannot take criticism, but actively goes out to ''censor'' it with the sole purpose of selling as many copies of their wretched ''disaster'' of a game as possible.'''"
-->--TotalBiscuit
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-->--'''CharlieBrooker''', ''Series/YouHaveBeenWatching''[[note]]The "it" in question was a rather tasteless fluff piece comparing the funerals of Michael Jackson and Princess Diana, complete with scores.[[/note]]

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-->--'''CharlieBrooker''', -->--'''Creator/CharlieBrooker''', ''Series/YouHaveBeenWatching''[[note]]The "it" in question was a rather tasteless fluff piece comparing the funerals of Michael Jackson and Princess Diana, complete with scores.[[/note]]
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->''You do realize no one gave a single solitary shit about this movie until you guys started attacking it, right? Now everyone will go see the movie out of curiosity and/or patriotism!''
-->-- '''Seth Rogen''', referring to the hackers who targeted Sony, in the [[http://www.the-editing-room.com/the-interview.html Abridged Script]] for ''Film/TheInterview''.
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-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeRRMartin'''

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-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeRRMartin''''''Creator/GeorgeRRMartin'''

->''"It's not the crime that kills you, [[RevealingCoverup it's the cover-up]]."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/RichardNixon'''
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-->-- '''Creator/DaraOBriain''' [[https://twitter.com/daraobriain/status/67517878194282496 on Twitter]].

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-->-- '''Creator/DaraOBriain''' [[https://twitter.com/daraobriain/status/67517878194282496 on Twitter]].Twitter]].

->''“When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”''
-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeRRMartin'''
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-->--Website/{{Cracked}}.com's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19499_6-attempts-at-damage-control-that-caused-way-bigger-problems_p2.html#ixzz2XkJgYiyh description]] of the TropeNamer

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-->--Website/{{Cracked}}.com's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19499_6-attempts-at-damage-control-that-caused-way-bigger-problems_p2.html#ixzz2XkJgYiyh description]] of the TropeNamerTropeNamer

->''"I'm thinking of putting a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injunction#UK_superinjunctions superinjunction]] on next year's tour dates, because it does seem a very effective way of getting the word out."''
-->-- '''Creator/DaraOBriain''' [[https://twitter.com/daraobriain/status/67517878194282496 on Twitter]].
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-->--'''Jeremy Clarkson''', ''HaveIGotNewsForYou''

->''"[[Creator/{{ITV}} ITN]] have been hurriedly going around trying to remove it from YouTube and [[InternetCounterattack people keep putting it back up]]. So now we've broadcast it! [[TakeThat Fuck you, ITN!]]"''

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-->--'''Jeremy Clarkson''', ''HaveIGotNewsForYou''

''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou''

->''"[[Creator/{{ITV}} ITN]] have been hurriedly going around trying to remove it from YouTube Website/YouTube and [[InternetCounterattack people keep putting it back up]]. So now we've broadcast it! [[TakeThat Fuck you, ITN!]]"''
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-->--{{Cracked}}.com's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19499_6-attempts-at-damage-control-that-caused-way-bigger-problems_p2.html#ixzz2XkJgYiyh description]] of the TropeNamer

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-->--{{Cracked}}.-->--Website/{{Cracked}}.com's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19499_6-attempts-at-damage-control-that-caused-way-bigger-problems_p2.html#ixzz2XkJgYiyh description]] of the TropeNamer
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-->--'''CharlieBrooker''', ''Series/YouHaveBeenWatching''[[note]]The "it" in question was a rather tasteless fluff piece comparing the funerals of Michael Jackson and Princess Diana, complete with scores.[[/note]]

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-->--'''CharlieBrooker''', ''Series/YouHaveBeenWatching''[[note]]The "it" in question was a rather tasteless fluff piece comparing the funerals of Michael Jackson and Princess Diana, complete with scores.[[/note]][[/note]]

->''"The lawsuit eventually fell through, although not before ensuring that millions of people stared in confusion at an innocuous photo of Barbra Streisand's backyard. The offending site is still active today, complete with the original photo and a new page containing links to every news story about the spectacle, transcripts of everything Streisand's lawyers sent and a note basically telling her to go fuck herself. Not to mention as a final insult, she was court ordered to pay their legal fees."''
-->--{{Cracked}}.com's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19499_6-attempts-at-damage-control-that-caused-way-bigger-problems_p2.html#ixzz2XkJgYiyh description]] of the TropeNamer
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-->--'''CharlieBrooker''', ''Series/YouHaveBeenWatching''[[note]]The "it" in question was a rather tasteless fluff piece comparing the funerals of Michael Jackson and Princess Diana.[[/note]]

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-->--'''CharlieBrooker''', ''Series/YouHaveBeenWatching''[[note]]The "it" in question was a rather tasteless fluff piece comparing the funerals of Michael Jackson and Princess Diana.Diana, complete with scores.[[/note]]
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->''"[[Creator/{{ITV}} ITN]] have been hurriedly going around trying to remove it from YouTube and people keep putting it back up. So now we've broadcast it! [[TakeThat Fuck you, ITN!]]"''

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->''"[[Creator/{{ITV}} ITN]] have been hurriedly going around trying to remove it from YouTube and [[InternetCounterattack people keep putting it back up.up]]. So now we've broadcast it! [[TakeThat Fuck you, ITN!]]"''
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-->--'''Jeremy Clarkson''', ''HaveIGotNewsForYou''

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-->--'''Jeremy Clarkson''', ''HaveIGotNewsForYou''''HaveIGotNewsForYou''

->''"[[Creator/{{ITV}} ITN]] have been hurriedly going around trying to remove it from YouTube and people keep putting it back up. So now we've broadcast it! [[TakeThat Fuck you, ITN!]]"''
-->--'''CharlieBrooker''', ''Series/YouHaveBeenWatching''[[note]]The "it" in question was a rather tasteless fluff piece comparing the funerals of Michael Jackson and Princess Diana.[[/note]]
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->''"An injunction is a very expensive way to make sure a very boring story reaches the maximum number of people"''
-->--'''Jeremy Clarkson''', ''HaveIGotNewsForYou''

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