qb says:

I can’t get into Walmart. I don’t weigh enough to trip the automatic doors.

Sister Mary Hand Grenade of Quiet Reflection says:

I got busted!!
http://tinyurl.com/ml37ms

Chris Mac says:

“Hey! Can someone lance this thing on my back.”

Chris Mac says:

as soon as you can replace “country” with “planet”, you might be on to something.

Privacy says:

#20 is wrong, his job is to go out and photograph, anyone can photograph anything, that’s not illegal, but what you do with the photos can be a civil rights violation quite easily, especially in this internet era. There is a thing called the right to non-publicity. Even if someone is in a public place, the use of their image if they are not a public figure, is not allowed without that person’s permission, especially in the case of defamation. Even if it’s not defamation it can still be against civil rights laws. Not only is the website messing with the rights of private individuals who do not go to Wall-Mart to publicize themselves, they are messing with trademark law as Wal-Mart is also being defamed. The site is being run by kids in their 20′s that “have their heads up their asses”. What that website is doing is not “reporting news” it’s intent is to defame and mock. It’s a civil rights violation. They can be sued big time. If they are smart they will respond immediately to the cease and desist order Wal-Mart will or have already be sending them. The people in the photos can legally demand to know who sent the photos, legally demand investigations, etc.

Good luck kiddies.

Here’s a great letter anyone concerned about this blatant violation of civil rights can send to Wal-Mart lawyers.

This letter may be copied and distributed freely for personal use, your lawyer’s use if you have found that your image has been used on that website, or other uses as per United States copyright law allows:

Dear Wal-Mart,

I have recently had the disturbing experience of accessing a website called “peopleofwalmart.com”. It features photographs of people in your stores who don’t know they have been photographed, and these are published without the person being photographed permission, nor yours, so that viewers on the world wide internet can laugh and defame these people by posting rude comments. Often the faces and identifiable, in particular the overall way these customers look are mocked in these photos.

The website was created just this last August 2009, by three men – Andrew Kipple, 23, from Indiana; his brother Adam, 25, and their friend Luke Wherry, 23. I would be glad to testify against these men, on behalf of your great store and the individuals they are making a mockery of, as since learning about this as I have decided to not shop at Wal-Mart anymore as my civil right to non-publicity is clearly in jeopardy simply by shopping at the store.

I am a private person and do not seek publicity. There are many like me who do not want our images plastered on the internet for the world to see, simply because some individuals behind a computer and camera get their jollies out of mocking people. What they are doing is a violation of people’s civil rights to non-publicity if they are private persons, and not public figures. I don’t want to shop at stores where I know I may be publicly humiliated because of how I look not being someone else’s idea of what looks good or doesn’t.

I am sure you wouldn’t allow any of your customers to be mocked this way if these 3 men were standing in front of your store, making fun of people’s weight, laughing, pointing fingers, and making rude comments to customers as they came in, so in this light, I would love to see Wal-Mart lawyers take these 3 men to court as this is a civil rights violation matter, in the name of many of your good customers who do not need such public worldwide humiliation for simply buying things they need at low prices.

Once I can get some kind of assurance either by mail or hearing it in the press, that this kind of activity will not happen at your store, I will then be able to shop at Wal-Mart in comfort once again.

Here’s the ICANN domain dispute information website, I am sure you have a good case to get that domain out of their hands expeditiously as one way of assisting your customers and your brand image from being mocked and defamed. Maybe your lawyers are already aware of this with other improper uses of your trademark as I am sure you have encountered such violations in the past by internet web site creators who have intentions of making Wal-Mart and it’s customers look bad, when so many people find Wal-Mart a great place to shop.

http://www.icann.org/en/udrp/

Thank you so very much for considering this matter.

Sincerely,

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Rex says:

The only reason I like to go to Walmart (or the 99 cent store) is to feel superior. I know, I’m bad.