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Comments: 76 +- Idle: Chuck Norris Backs Down On Lawsuit on Monday June 09 2008, @10:47PM

Posted by kdawson on Monday June 09 2008, @10:47PM
from the tears-cure-cancer dept.

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DeathElk writes "Perhaps Chuck Norris has found a soft spot. He just dropped a lawsuit against university student Ian Spector and Spector's publisher, Penguin Group Ltd. Spector had previously penned a compilation of well known 'Facts' about Chuck Norris. We discussed the suit when it was filed last year."

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[+] Chuck Norris Sues Publisher, Tears Don't Cure Cancer 374 comments

Google85 writes "Chuck Norris sued publisher Penguin on Friday over a book he claims unfairly exploits his famous name, based on a satirical Internet list of "mythical facts" about him. The book capitalizes on "mythical facts" that have been circulating on the Internet since 2005 that poke fun at Norris' tough-guy image and super-human abilities, the suit said."

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Why Chuck Norris changed his mind (Score:5, Funny)

by xmas2003 (739875) * on Monday June 09 2008, @10:48PM (#23719689) Homepage

Per the article, he dropped his lawsuit because:
he has since changed his mind on Spector's musings - including one entry that claims: "Chuck Norris can impregnate women with only a glance. He can also do this to men."

Does this type of flattery really work with THE Chuck Norris?
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by jonaskoelker (922170)
  
  Of course--it shows that he does not discriminate against any gender.
  
  (RTFA first, laugh later)
- Re: (Score:1, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward
  
  the matter was resolved out of court when chuck round house kicked the student and then proceeded to the publishing firm to "settle" out of court with them as well.
- But why? (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward
  
  Every country on Earth has made it illegal to mock Chuck Norris. Those that did not are no longer countries.
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by Jack9 (11421)
  
  Chuck Norris only dropped the suit because he realized it was a biography.
No Idle on the Front Page, please. (Score:1, Offtopic)

by lightversusdark (922292) *

I'll chip in to buy it a whole new URL, in fact.
- Re: (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by cleatsupkeep (1132585)
  
  And we'll call it Digg. And there will be blackjack, and hookers.
  - Re: (Score:1)
    
    by MaXiMiUS (923393)
    
    You can keep your "Digg," I'll take the other two.
    
    00110001001001111010000110110111001.
    - Re: (Score:2)
      
      by plover (150551) *
      
      In fact, forget the Digg and the blackjack. Eh, screw the whole thing.
  - Re: (Score:1)
    
    by MaXiMiUS (923393)
    
    You can keep your "Digg," I'll take the other two.
    
    00110001001001111010000110110111001.
- Re: (Score:1)
  
  by Ultra64 (318705)
  
  Or you could just not click on stories you don't want to see.
  But I guess that would make too much sense.
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by HTH NE1 (675604)
  
  "Idle: Chuck Norris Backs Down On Lawsuit "
  
  Fairly warned be ye, says I.
Chuck Norris doesn't sue. (Score:2)

by Spy der Mann (805235)

He uses guns. (I can't believe I said that)
- Re: (Score:1)
  
  by Lord Kano (13027)
  
  And by guns, I mean his fists!
Chuck Norris didn't back down from the lawsuit... (Score:3, Funny)

by Xelios (822510) on Monday June 09 2008, @11:36PM (#23720161)

the lawsuit backed down from... ahh never mind.
Chuck Norris doesn't back down from lawsuits... (Score:2)

by Zarf (5735)

... Chuck Norris throws-down on lawsuits!
Chuck Norris backs down on lawsuit... (Score:4, Insightful)

by RuBLed (995686) on Monday June 09 2008, @11:52PM (#23720263)

then unleashes a roundhouse kick!...
the only thing Chuck Norris backs down from (Score:2)

by BlueshiftVFX (1158033)

is his own kickass reputation.
Order of events... (Score:2)

by nog_lorp (896553)

I wonder what happened first, Chuck Norris changed his mind about Spector's musings, or a lawyer told him about The People vs. Larry Flynt.
Did his lawyers only just realise (Score:4, Insightful)

by imneverwrong (1303895) on Tuesday June 10 2008, @12:31AM (#23720507) Homepage

...that parody is protected speech [wikipedia.org]?
- But -is- this parody? (Score:2)
  
  by Animaether (411575)
  
  I thought a parody would have to include, largely, parts of the original which are then distorted in one way or another so as to poke fun at it, society, or whatever.
  
  Not the dictionary definition, so here's the dictionary one:
  -----
  1.
  1. A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. See synonyms at caricature.
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by blair1q (305137)
  
  No, they realized Chuck isn't the author.
Chuck: the IT Edition (Score:5, Funny)

by tigersha (151319) on Tuesday June 10 2008, @12:58AM (#23720709) Homepage

OpenBSD was created when Chuck Norris ripped the BSD kernel apart

Chuck Norris runs UNICOS on his wristwatch

The FIN bit in an IP packet is used to indicate that Chuck is coming over the Ethernet to get you

The first terabit switch blew up when Chuck connected his computer to it

Chuck Norris measures the speed of his CPU in BogoTips, not BogoMips /proc/uptime overflowed on Chucks 128 bit machine.

82.4% of the liquid helium produced on earth is used to cool Chuck's superconductive CPUs

The IPV6 Address space was exhausted when Chuck assigned an address to each of the CPU's in his Beowulf cluster

Chuck Norris won the Turing award 4 times. Last time was for an algorithm to factor primes

Chuck Norris scans his own PC for Mail Viruses by smell. And God bless you if you spam him

Chuck Norris uses cat and echo instead of UPDATE and SELECT

Chuck Norris's LISP machine does not use a Garbage collector. It does not need one.

Half-life 2 was based on Chucks day off last week

For Chucks computer P=NP is irrelevant. Everything runs in one clock cycle.

Chuck Norris does not have CD Burner. He has a CD Blaster. And all CD's are rewritable on his machine.

Oracle is named after Chucks CPU branch prediction unit

Each of the CPUs in Chucks Beowulf cluster can crack any AES block in a picosecond

The PowerPC chip was pulled from the market when IBM realized that no processor is as powerful as Chucks brain

When Chucks computer crashes the lights dim all over town

Choogle Earth can zoom down to the level of quarks and leptons and is updated every femtosecond

Chuck Norris' chains down his mouse with Kevlar ropes ever since it ate his pet tiger

Chucks's house is wired with Cat100 quantum optical cable that carries terabit ethernet with ease

Steve Jobs's reality distortion field is generated by Chuck

The last time Chuck Norris had a core dump 15 people died

--
- Re:Chuck: the IT Edition (Score:5, Insightful)
  
  by m_frankie_h (240122) on Tuesday June 10 2008, @01:34AM (#23720943)
  
  That would be Bruce Schneier.
  
  Parent
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by famebait (450028)
  
  Chuck Norris can mount a man-in-the-middle attack by chewing the fibre in two and aiming one end into each eye.
- Re: (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by eugene ts wong (231154)
  
  The punch card was invented and named after Chuck's preferred method of typing.
- - Re:Chuck Norris (Score:4, Funny)
    
    by Dr_Barnowl (709838) on Tuesday June 10 2008, @05:43AM (#23722549)
    
    Chuck Norris never backs up ; if his data and the universe disagree, the universe is wrong, not the data.
    
    Parent
Strange... (Score:3, Interesting)

by Rui del-Negro (531098) on Tuesday June 10 2008, @01:24AM (#23720883) Homepage

This is odd, because I have the book (my girlfriend got it for me a couple of months ago), and in it the author says that he met with Chuck Norris and got his OK.

Is this really old news (from before the book's latest edition), or did Carlos Ray give the OK and then decide to sue?
- Re: (Score:3, Insightful)
  
  by Fluffeh (1273756)
  
  Well, look, prior to getting my kit off, I tell potential sex partners that I have a huge willy. My point is that not everything you hear is true and it's just as easy to be told a lie via print.
  - Re: (Score:2)
    
    by Rui del-Negro (531098)
    
    I doubt the book's author would lie (in print, too) about a meeting with Chuck Norris and his laywer. I mean, why bother? He could simply not mention any of that and, if he ever got sued, claim the book was satire (which it obviously is), and therefore fell under free speech (which it obviously does).
    
    My guess is that Norris was fine with the original website but, when it was published, decided he wanted a share of the profits. Which I agree he should be entitled to... if he can prove the "facts" are actuall
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by cloudmaster (10662)
  
  I just bought a copy of the book last weekend, and the lawsuit's mentioned in the foreword. It's right after the part where the author mentions CN showing approval.
  - Re: (Score:2)
    
    by Rui del-Negro (531098)
    
    Which I guess gives us another fact about Chuck Norris: he can have two completely contrary opinions on the same matter at the same time. Or maybe his brain gets flipped with each roundhouse kick.
Chuck Norris cares about us (Score:5, Funny)

by TempeTerra (83076) on Tuesday June 10 2008, @03:47AM (#23721797)

This is clearly a benevolent act by Mr Norris, as a single one of his roundhouse kicks would have destroyed the entire legal system.
Resorting to a lawsuit? (Score:2)

by jollyreaper (513215)

Not a roundhouse kick? What a pussy. Chuck Norris is going to have to go and kick Chuck Norris' ass now.
He didn't back down... (Score:2)

by elrous0 (869638) *

...He lifted the rest of world up.
Chuck Norris doesn't back down... (Score:2)

by D Ninja (825055)

...he waits.

Err...something like that.
He ain't all that tough (Score:2)

by dacarr (562277)

Chuck Norris never enlisted with the United States Marine Corps [usmc.mil] - they had to make him an "honorary marine".
Then again, I ain't all that tough either. =)
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by DeathElk (883654)
  
  In breaking news, a nerd named Dennis Carr who often posts to tech site "Slashdot", spontaneously combusted just after 6PM last night. Police are at a loss to explain the occurrence...
  
  In other news, Houston police are unable to explain a series of horizontal lightning bolts, accompanied by rumblings that occurred just after 6PM last night...
  - Re: (Score:2)
    
    by dacarr (562277)
    
    OK, that one wins the internet. =) MOD PARENT UP!
- Re:Oh, great. (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by corsec67 (627446) on Monday June 09 2008, @11:02PM (#23719835) Homepage Journal
  
  Chuck Norris's kick is so strong it can strip the CSS from a page.
  
  Parent
  - Re:Oh, great. (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by jeiler (1106393) <`go.bugger.off' `at' `gmail.com'> on Monday June 09 2008, @11:10PM (#23719909) Journal
    
    Can even Chuck Norris kick the trolls out of /.?
    
    Parent
    - Re: (Score:2)
      
      by billstewart (78916)
      
      Yes, Chuck Norris can kick trolls out of /., but only one or two at a time.
  - Re: (Score:1, Informative)
    
    by Anonymous Coward
    
    actually, the idle section is supposed to look this way
    - Re: (Score:1)
      
      by RockWolf (806901)
      
      What, to discourage from browsing /. at work?
  - Re:Oh, great. (Score:4, Funny)
    
    by tepples (727027) <slash2006&pineight,com> on Tuesday June 10 2008, @06:41AM (#23723103) Homepage Journal
    
    That's not a kick; that's just DeCSS [pigdog.org].
    
    Parent
  - Re: (Score:3, Funny)
    
    by pintpusher (854001)
    
    Chuck Norris actually touches the asymptote.
- LIES ALL LIES (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by renegadesx (977007) on Tuesday June 10 2008, @01:07AM (#23720791)
  
  The Lawsuit backed down on Chuck Norris!
  
  Parent
- Re: (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by Aeternitas827 (1256210) *
  
  *glances at title...(Is this really "news for nerds"?)..* *examines the fact that this phenomenon occurred on the intarwebs...* *considers that the intarwebs are mostly frequented and posted upon by said nerds...* Yes, this is news for nerds. And news for nerds = news, as the 'for nerds' is merely a narrowing qualifier, essentially irrelevant to the nature of 'news'...kinda like: X+0=X, where X="news", etc, etc, yatta, yatta, yatta.
  - Re: (Score:2, Informative)
    
    by Aeternitas827 (1256210) *
    
    Ignore the lack of line breaks above, for I am an idiot.
    - Re:Is this really "news for nerds"? (Score:4, Funny)
      
      by JCSoRocks (1142053) on Tuesday June 10 2008, @09:29AM (#23725635)
      
      rofl. The person that modded this "informative" is brilliant. That's awesome.
      
      Parent

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