Katie Kieffer Cries Theft After Being Punked by Tea Party Prankster Robert Erickson

[roberterickson]

From: http://columbusgohome.com/?p=101

Katie Kieffer, "a conservative new media tycoon", is crying foul after Minnesota's #2 Blogger of the Year made a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AbPdJqsO3g">satirical video about the most recent tea party protest.

In a sharply worded email, Kieffer is demanding prankster Robert Erickson remove the video from Youtube--or else.

Erickson's fatal error? Using 10 seconds of the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VepWU5pRyQ8"">"I Am Free Enterprise" Youtube video from Kieffer's blog, and punking Kieffer, who was a headline speaker at the Minnesota Tea Party Patriots annual tax day rally at he state capitol

In an interview with Erickson, Katie touts Christopher Columbus as a role model, and when pressed on his genocidal past, says she "doesn't remember Columbus murdering anyone".

Robert: There is an Illegal immigrant who is responsible for murdering a number of Americans, and now he's trying to seek asylum here - is there anything you would like to say to him?

Katie: ...

Robert: His name is Columbus.

Katie: Columbus? Maybe you should research history and look into Christopher Columbus because he was a very good guy and you should aspire to be more like him.

Robert: You mean murdering, stealing land, squatting places that aren't yours, things like that?

Katie: Well I don't recall Christopher Columbus murdering people..."

Kieffer's reaction to the video, posted on Saturday, demonstrates that she's a bit thin-skinned for the public figure that she is.

In a legal-speak email message to Robert via Youtube demanding he take down the video, Katie apparently shifts her position on Columbus, branding him as a terrorist:

Robert,
You need to remove all content mentioning "Katie Kieffer" or Katie Kieffer.com from your You Tube video and chanel. Otherwise, I will be required to report your video as a copyright infringement, as it explicitly violates my copyright... You altered my video from my website and also misrepresented what I said. You misled me in the interview or I would have never talked to you. I obviously did not say that terrorists were good people. Remove this content from your video or I will file a claim against it since I own the copyright to this content, not you.

Though she claims Robert is violating her copyright, his use of a 10 second clip from her "Free Enterprise" video is clearly covered under fair use law.

Looks like this "Free Enterprise" blogger didn't get the joke--or appreciate Erickson's entrepreneurial spirit.

Erickson fervently hopes that Kieffer's understanding of the First Amendment isn't tested any further, as this sort of thing tends to make cross people like Kieffer the laughingstock of the Internet.

[Atman]

1. Holy crap, what a twit!

A bubble head? What's with that opening? It made Stephen Colbert's look real! And what's with all the close-ups of her smiling and modeling tooth whitener? I kept waiting for her to lift her shirt and have someone pour cold water on her as the Girls Gone Wild logo appeared. What a maroon. She must have some serious connections and a nice bank account from daddy...where does she get off calling herself a "media professional?" Sheesh.

[Warpy]

2. Nothing has been dumbed down like public school history books

and poor Katie suffers from having been taught a bunch of mawkish jingoistic crap that was aimed toward making her a patriotic and obedient worker bee instead of informing her.

I hope Erickson is wise enough to duly ignore her threatening letter.

[kentuck]

3. Good job Robert !

:-)

[MattBaggins]

4. Someone explain fair use to this dill weed.

He is making fun of you which covered under fair use.

[WeDidIt]

5. OOOOH, maybe she'll file a DMCA claim?

Filing a false DMCA claim is a felony under the DMCA.

[Blue_Tires]

6. This is would be funny were it not so pitiful...

Katie: "Well I don't recall Christopher Columbus murdering people..."

[Donnachaidh]

7. Gag Me with A Spoon Katie -- shaaaaaaaaa

As If.....

What an affected little poser that Katie is! Ewww....

[lame54]

8. It's a bluff...

she probably already filed a claim and was rejected
she would have no reason to warn him

[johnnie]

9. "You Tube video and chanel"

Heh.

[Atman]

10. Man, I'm gettin' old...I look at this picture and want to give both those kids a time out!

What are, 16? These are our journalists today?

Oh well...more power to both of them. Literally. Maybe by the time they're able to get real jobs as journalists, there will actually be some "journalism." They seem to have the tenacity required to actually investigate something, instead of act as corporate stenographers, as so many of today's "journalists" do.

Oh, and...WELCOME TO DU!

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[Gold Metal Flake]

11. Welcome to DU, roberterickson!

:toast:

[HughBeaumont]

12. Yes, and if the Native Americans weren't shot, they contracted smallpox.

Guns, rape and various diseases will bring numbers down in a hurry.

[ladywnch]

16. you must be mistaken.

it is a well known FACT that Americans can do no wrong. We are paragons of virtue.....at least to all white men.....well sort of.......

[madrchsod]

13. opps... katie is just a bit confused....

"chanel"----- http://www.chanel.com/

or did she mean--channel?--- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/channel


katie,katie you have to get your head out of vogue.

[Contrary1]

14. And I thought the stupid couldn't hurt any more...

"JLHans07 Just because Columbus killed the Latin Americans, what does that have to do with anything??? Illegal immigration was created by nations, and it means coming to a nation without documentation, so don't be calling white people illegals, because we came here with our papers through ellis island!! These illegals today really are illegal by definition, and not your definition, which is warped. 17 hours ago"

[Ohio Joe]

15. heh, too funny - nt

[Wickerman]

17. Role Model? Christopher Columbus?

Lets see, the govt paid for his travels, he was either wrong or lied about where he landed. He was largely a failure, not to mention a bit of a one man civilization destroyer.

Why does she even give a crap about CC? Because he "discovered" Jamaica? Doubtful she'd appreciate all Jamaica offers. The Bahamas? Maybe that is it.

[madmom]

18. Welcome, and keep up the good work! :)

[DirkGently]

19. Wow she's obnoxious

The kid's cartoon on her website, showing the muscle-y "Capitalist" outrunning the shackled "Socialist" is hysterical. 'Cause that's exactly the way things work.

:crazy:

[myrna minx]

20. Welcome to the underground, neighbor.

:hi:

[Brickbat]

21. Her talking at the camera was hilarous...getcha some face time there, honey?

[Arkana]

22. Here's hoping he wipes his ass with the letter and sends it back.

Way to go, dude.

[HillbillyBob]

23. it is not slander or libel if it is you speaking in public

and your own words 'convict' you of being an a$$....
It is not actionable.

[mikeSchmuckabee]

24. Oh baby! I hope she brings her free enterprise to the Voyuer club.

[Blue_Tires]

25. ttt