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Surprising No One, Makers of Fifty Shades Porn Parody Settle Lawsuit With Universal

by Susana Polo | 11:47 am, March 12th, 2013

In case you missed it, Smash Pictures has made a Fifty Shades of Grey porn parody. Why did they need to make a porn parody of something that is already erotica? Well, because Universal Pictures has licensed the movie rights to Fifty Shades of Grey for their own movie adaptation, but planned as rated NC-17. The smaller studio was originally countersuing, but has just dropped its suit.

Which is good news for folks who write and enjoy fanfiction. Or for everybody who posts anything online, really, because their counter argument was that since Fifty Shades of Grey was initially publicly posted online as Twilight fanfiction, it was automatically part of the public domain.

Makers of Fifty Shades Porn Parody Countersue Universal, Claim the Book is Public Domain Because Fanfiction

by Susana Polo | 11:46 am, March 5th, 2013

So you may have heard that there’s a porn parody of Universal’s putative NC-17 rated Fifty Shades of Grey movie, even though Universal hasn’t even cast it yet. And some of those among you who were not aware are now surely nodding and saying “Yes, this was inevitable.” Well, it was also inevitable that Universal would sue the Fifty Shades porn parody for copyright and trademark infringement, which they are doing.

But what wasn’t inevitable was that Smash Pictures, the makers of Fifty Shades of Grey: A XXX Adaptation, would come up with an even moderately clever counter suit.

Fifty Shades of Grey Movie Will Shoot for an NC-17 Rating, Leaves Us Wondering

by Susana Polo | 2:41 pm, January 9th, 2013

Frankly it leaves us wondering why they’re not just making a fully fledged porn.

Oh right, they’re suing the guys who are making the porn. The musical, though. The musical is apparently fine.

There’s a Porn Parody of 50 Shades of Grey (Of Course), And Universal is Suing Over It (Of Course)

by Rebecca Pahle | 12:55 pm, December 2nd, 2012

Universal Studios and Fifty Shades Ltd., which own the movie and book rights, respectively, to EL James‘ Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, is suing Smash Pictures over porn parody Fifty Shades of Grey: A XXX Adaptation.

Give me ALL the laughing gifs.

Fifty Shades of Grey and The Casual Vacancy Escape Nomination for Bad Sex Writing

by Susana Polo | 2:48 pm, November 26th, 2012

I am eternally amused by the existence of the Bad Sex Awards, a yearly attempt to crown the worst sex scene in an otherwise non-erotic work of fiction “to draw attention to the crude and often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel – and to discourage it.” Every reader knows how fun it is to encounter a terrible sex scene in the middle of an otherwise adequate or even enjoyable book. You know, ones that look like they were created in a game of madlibs, which, by the way, is a game I have totally played with dollar store paperback bodice rippers.

The other thing I totally love about the Bad Sex Awards is that this is the one literary award list where I don’t mind if women are always underrepresented on it.

Move Over Fifty Shades of Grey, Another Twilight Fanfic Gets A Book Deal

by Jill Pantozzi | 12:34 pm, November 8th, 2012

Sitting alone (or with a friend) in your room, coming up with various ways your favorite characters could bump into each other and have sex, did you ever think you’d get paid for it? Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings will wonder no more. Simon & Schuster have picked up their Twilight fanfiction, The Office, for a two-book deal.

The Legend of Zelda Has Knocked Fifty Shades of Grey Down on Amazon Best Seller List

by Alanna Bennett | 2:45 pm, August 20th, 2012

Well, isn’t this 50 shades of awesome*. For the moment it appears as if The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia has displaced the fanfic erotica juggernaut 50 Shades of Grey as number one on Amazon’s bestseller list.

Things We Saw Today: Wings That Make Your Already-Fly Shoes Soar!

by Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez | 5:02 pm, July 25th, 2012

Why yes, the title of this post is a terrible joke. But I sincerely hope these Shwings make up for it. (via Fashionably Geek.)

Things We Saw Today: Catwoman Cover Artist Parodies Himself

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:30 pm, June 23rd, 2012

We showed you what the controversial cover to Catwoman #0 looked like and the parodies that followed but now the artist himself, Guillem March, has parodied himself by parodying R. Crumb. Yeah, that got a bit convoluted for me too. Regardless, Chris Eckert posted this image on his tumblr along with a link to March’s blog where he lambasted other artists, Cameron Stewart in particular, for trashing his work (but said it was ok for fans to). I’m exhausted, this still looks weird, let’s move on. (via Comics Alliance)

Things We Saw Today: Qui-Gon’s Gin

by Susana Polo | 4:58 pm, May 18th, 2012

Drink responsibly, padowans. (Hey Ashley!)

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Fifty Shades of Grey

the internet is serious business

Surprising No One, Makers of Fifty Shades Porn Parody Settle Lawsuit With Universal

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