The Campaign for the Recognition of fivist's Artistic Product
I am here to announce the Campaign for the Recognition of fivist's Artistic Product (C.R.A.P.), whose sole purpose is to become inordinately and rather comically outraged whenever any member sees a line from a fiver being quoted without giving due credit.
Unfortunately, with the sudden spread of the now-infamous "I'm sorry; I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am" into 4chan-space, there have been ample opportunities for inordinate and comic outrage of late. Most recently, I saw this quote, which originates in Kira's Five-Minute "Return of the Archons" ported onto an image of Dr. Cox from Scrubs.
The fact that this is a totally worthwhile comparison is irrelevant! The point is that we, the fivists of FiveMinute.net, stand at the edge of a knife, where any of our creative work derived from unauthorized use of copyright could be used by anyone on the entire Internet without giving us our due cred! It happened to Kira; it could happen to anyone. (Except NAHTTM, of course.) Who knows how long it'll be until something even closer to our hearts is so ripped off and distorted--how long until you turn on the television and see an ad saying, "We're Electronic Arts. Get assimilated. Resistance sucks."? Will they continue to use our fair site without giving us a proportionately higher Alexa traffic rating?
I say no!
So your job, as a member of CRAP, is to stand up every single time you see a stolen five-minute line and say, "Hey! That's from FiveMinute.net!" Further points will be awarded the more obnoxious you are about it. (It is also permissible to claim lines are from here even if they aren't.) For freedom! For legitimacy! For the hope that a higher hit count will stimulate Zeke's Soonbellum into doing an update!
Who's with me?
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