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I think somebody peed in Sega’s corn flakes…

The web site YTMND.com recently received a letter from Sega asking them to stop any use of the Sonic the Hedgehog character and anything related to it. The letter threatened legal actions would be taken if Sonic wasn’t removed from the site.

They also demanded a whole bunch of crazy things too, like ownership of the website, money made from the site and the removal of the web site altogether. I think the letter is just a standard one and these demands don’t count in this case as the whole site isn’t dedicated to Sonic the Hedgehog.

We all seen this kind of industry bull before and though I’m no lawyer, I doubt any action will be taken against YTMND.com, except that letter. YTMND.com has already responded to Sega on the matter which can be viewed on their site .

Sega needs to just learn to laugh at their selves once in a while, just like we laughed at their game, Shadow the Hedgehog.

Thanks Izzy for the tip! 


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Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 18:55
Mabec
Read about it this morning and i still cant belive its actually true. I didn't laugh about Shadow the Hedgehod... more like crying. Great song btw.
rob91883's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 18:58
rob91883
haha, the rap is hilarious.
DemonKyoto's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 19:01
DemonKyoto
That is pretty sad, but the response is teh win.
zizzy's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 19:03
zizzy
Here's a pretty funny YTMND about this:
http://maxstolemynigga.ytmnd.com/
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 19:10
Hamza CTZ Aziz
I was going to post YTMND Thursday today, but this is a good replacement actually. Sorry gang, Vegas has shit for WiFi. you're lucky you bet me by 20 minutes faith. This should have been mine I tell you!
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 19:14
Hamza CTZ Aziz
also, is Sonic talking through his god damn dick?
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 19:15
BahamutZero
what no credit for the tip? for shame...
zizzy's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 19:32
zizzy
I sent this in too...but I don't care
TheBrain's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 20:13
TheBrain
DO A BARREL ROLL
Farktoid's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 20:45
Farktoid
Between this YTMND rap and that documentary about MC Frontalot, I'm gonna have to look into this nerdcore stuff. Sounds pretty badass.
Kif 's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 20:53
Kif
No one cares about Sonic since he turned 3D anyway. If Sega hadn't gayed the series up with pointless sidekicks, giving Sonic a voice and renaming Robotnik to Eggman, I might care more about this.
CaffeinePowered's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 20:59
CaffeinePowered
@Kif

Actually Im pretty sure he's alwasy been 'Eggman' in Japan, he was just renamed for the US/EU releases
Joseph Leray's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 21:19
Joseph Leray
Sonic the Hedgehog is my biggest videogame tragedy. As a Genesis gamer growing up, I always thought he was cooler than that fat plumber asshat. For shame.
Milofo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 21:47
Milofo
Huh, I always thought Amy would wait for Sonic before she put out. Guess she got tired of waiting.

This makes me sad because I'm an avid fan of Sega's arcade games and I want to get Virtua Fighter 5 when it comes out. This might spoil some of the fun though.
Spectral's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 22:30
Spectral
For someone who had a lot of super powers the hedgehog surely has to rely on the powers of the jurisdiction system
Kif 's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 22:53
Kif
@CaffeinePowered

Still, I can't take a villian called Eggman seriously. Granted, this is Sonic, but that's just quite bad on Sega's part.

Sega: Please make me a new Sonic game in 2D with at least 100 levels to keep me occupied. I seriously would buy that.
Ignignokt01's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 23:39
Ignignokt01
YTMND suprisingly has a few very talented musical artists. DZK is one of them. Epic song.
JLanphear's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2007 01:57
JLanphear
DZK is a fucking god. lol.
JLanphear's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2007 01:57
JLanphear
oops...got into the groove of cussing... >>
Jecrell's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2007 09:39
Jecrell
Sega
YOU GOT FUCKING SERVED
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2007 10:27
Mxyzptlk
You mean YTMND isn't an official Sega site?
Rubby-Roy's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2007 11:19
Rubby-Roy
Awesome response from YTMND!
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2007 13:35
michiyoyoshiku
I'm willing to bet this whole thing is a joke.
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2007 13:40
michiyoyoshiku
and by the why I think Sonic next gen and Shadow ruled
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2007 18:06
Holyetheline
Well Sega does have to find some way to make money off of Sonic these days....
dprime's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2007 22:14
dprime
If you don't want something made fun of by morons, don't show it to everyone.

I mean, I'm sure they're right that everything on YTMND is tastless crap that's not even funny in the tasteless way, and they have no obligation to find it funny or condone it, but what the hell do they care if it's legal?
antivert's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/14/2007 08:20
antivert
Parody, totally legal in the US, this is just a scare tactic. For shame.
Ninjajuice66's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/14/2007 19:16
Ninjajuice66
Remember when Sega used to not suck?
aliasL's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2007 13:33
aliasL
GOOD GRIEF how the mighty have fallen. And Ninjajuioe... those were the days
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