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"Arby 'n' the Chief", "Hard Justice", "Deus Ex Machina", "DigitalPh33r's Guide to Making Halo 3 Machinima", "It's a Wonderful Live", "Master Chief Sucks at Halo" and the "Abnormality" series' were created under Microsoft’s “Game Content Usage Rules” using assets from HALO 2 and HALO 3, © Microsoft Corporation.


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Monday, January 5, 2009

News: "Showdown" still down, Holiday Special part 2 links

Yo,

Regarding the situation involving the latest Arby 'n' the Chief being pulled due to a mysterious copyright claim by one "Mohammed Pabel Miah", I'm still not sure whether or not this is one guy or an alias for some kind of organization, and I'm still unsure what the reason behind the episode being pulled is, the only info I've been able to find is just speculation among confused users.

Most of the speculation however seems to lean toward the possibility of Mohammed Pabel Miah being one guy who somehow got the episode pulled because it "depicted a young man masturbating" which goes against his religion.

I don't really understand this because for one, the character Craig's age was never officially stated; for all the viewers know he could be in his twenties and simply living with his parents. The Arbiter did refer to Craig as a "kid" at one point in "Showdown" but that could simply be interpreted as referring to someone in their early twenties for lack of a better word.

However if it's simply the act of masturbation that's the issue, it shouldn't even matter anyway since there's a million other things on the internet that refer to masturbation, not to mention that Mohammed Pabel Miah was never at any point forced to watch my works.

Anyway, whatever the case, please stop e-mailing me about it. I'm fed up with people sending me links to what they believe to be his YouTube user page or MySpace page or whatever the hell that don't even take me three seconds to figure out that they're fake.

I'm also fed up with people e-mailing me they're inane and hateful rants about Mohammed Pabel Miah and, if he is indeed one guy, his religion and beliefs. It doesn't impress me one bit, so go get bent you racist, intolerant fuckheads. Same goes for you guys spouting the same hateful garbage on various discussion forums, you guys are an embarrassment.

I do think the pulling of my video was unfair for various reasons but leave the guy alone. He did what he thought was right, and neither of us need people making racist remarks towards him. I'll work with Machinima.com and try to get the situation resolved.

Anyway, here's the link to part 2 of my holiday special, slipped my mind.

Also a Hard Justice is on its way this week.

Thanks,
Jon