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Viva le Picnic!

Journal Entry: Thu May 8, 2008, 7:39 PM
Disclaimer

Before reading this journal and/or making any assumptions about what I have to say and/or my intentions behind it, please note:

:bulletred: I am not against any models and I am not attacking them through this journal--including those who have modeled for devWEAR, and, for that matter, any other $G models, are irrelevant to what I have to say.
:bulletred: I am aware of statements made by $lolly explaining and/or justifying dA working with SG—using models for devWEAR and, as seen in recently brought up screenshots from several years ago, past banner advertisements; his explanation can be found here. I respect these facts and I am not criticizing them and/or questioning their honesty in this journal.
:bulletred: This journal doesn’t involve rumors about $G business practices (content resale, zotting, etc), so if you are looking for information about that, it can be found elsewhere.
:bulletred: The sole intention of this journal is to bring awareness to those passing by my dA page of SuicideGirl’s $100,000 lawsuit against former site photographer, `lithiumpicnic, an artist whom I greatly respect and admire.

Sue-Your-Hide Girls vs. Lithium Picnic

SuicideGirls.com is suing former site photographer, Phillip Warner (Lithium Picnic - LP) for $100,000 in ‘damages’ for alleged ‘breach of his contract’.
To explain this as briefly as possible, LP’s wife, model Apnea, used to model for $G, and LP used to photograph for them. When she was kicked off of $G’s website, Apnea turned her portfolio website into a paysite. LP, who still photographed for $G, also photographed some sets for Apnea’s website. His contract with $G stated that he could not photograph for a competing site, however, single girl personality sites (which, in theory, would mean Apnea’s) were okay.

Apparently, Apnea’s small, one-girl personality website is a threat to $G’s empire of 1500+ models, merchandise, books, DVDs, radio shows, touring burlesque shows, celebrity endorsements and partnerships, and hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
Which, according to $G, means that LP was photographing for a ‘direct competitor’, and therefore breaking the rules of his contract. They claimed that he was the one running Apnea’s website because he had helped her purchase the domain name when it started out as her personal modeling portfolio. Him ‘running a competing website’, or whatever they’re choosing to call what they’re attacking him for this week, cost them $100,000 in damages that they are now trying to get from him. They have made outrageous claims throughout the whole ordeal, including that they taught LP photography—a lie in which any long-time LP fan can call $G’s bullshit on.

Okay, so the lawsuit is bogus, he won’t be found guilty, whatever.
We don’t know this 100% for certain. Up until and during the time in court, there are still legal fees to be paid to lawyer(s) defending him and Apnea. So far, $G has been using every excuse in the book and then some to perpetually push back the court date, meaning that even if he isn’t found guilty, LP will be up to his eyeballs in legal fees. This isn’t about a photographer breaching his contract; they’ve turned it into a battle of who has deeper pockets.


Links

LP Support Websites/Communities
FreeLithiumPicnic.com
Lithium Picnic LiveJournal Community
$G vs. LP – Viva le Picnic! Facebook Group
Support Lithium Picnic Facebook Cause
Viva le Picnic! Facebook Page

LP Fundraiser Sales:
Print Store
An Evening with Apnea

Digg Articles
$G Sues Lead Photographer
Judge Rules $G Contracts VOID
HIM Dumps $G
$G Model Feels Boycott Pain
$G Traffic Takes a Nosedive
$G Rated F
Model Outed for Questioning Photo Resale
Adidas USA Linked to Porn

Other Informative Links
Boycott $G Myspace Links Blog
sgirls LiveJournal Group
suicidegirlX.com

Other Informative Links
Boycott $G Myspace Links Blog
sgirls LiveJournal Group
suicidegirlX.com
Melon Jelly

Links





Viva!! :salute:


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  • Mood: Rant

Friends

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Devious Information

  • Current Age: 15
  • Current Residence: Alberta, Canada
  • Favourite band or musician: Stolen Babies, Tokio Hotel, Lacuna Coil, Emilie Autumn, Mindless Self Indulgence
  • Favourite artist: Lori Earley, Michael Hussar, Mark Ryden, Crab Scrambly, Roman Dirge, Gris Grimly, Tim Burton
  • Favourite photographer: Lithium Picnic, Loretta Lux, Scott Irvine, Lara Jade
  • Tools of the Trade: Canon EOS 400D + 18-55mm lens + 75-300mm lens, Photoshop CS2/CS3 + Wacom Tablet

Devious Comments

=passionheart:iconpassionheart: 6 hours 48 minutes ago
hulala :boing: !
thank you for the fav on not letting you go !
minnie baker is so adorable . . your pet ;p ?


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*lauren-rabbit:iconlauren-rabbit: 7 hours 31 minutes ago
thanks for the :+fav: and the friend-ing.

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*conzpiracy:iconconzpiracy: 12 hours 8 minutes ago
Many thanks for the :+fav: :)

Conzz

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=arctoa:iconarctoa: 12 hours 8 minutes ago
Hallo there.

This is just a short note of thanks for the recent addition of one of my deviations to your Favourites collection: I greatly appreciate your support of the work that I have uploaded to this site.


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~windingkira:iconwindingkira: 17 hours 24 minutes ago
Thanks for the :+fav:
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~burogski:iconburogski: 18 hours 47 minutes ago
tnx for the fav ^_^
~L337m4st3r:iconL337m4st3r: 1 day 4 hours ago
thanks a lot for :+fav:!

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*Quaddles-Roost:iconQuaddles-Roost: 1 day 6 hours ago
Thanks muchly for fave :hug:

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=karil:iconkaril: 1 day 7 hours ago
:thanks: so much for the fav´s !!!

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*milbisous:iconmilbisous: 2 days 5 hours ago
Belated thank-you for the fave :flowerpot::frail:
*morbidthegrim:iconmorbidthegrim: 3 days 1 hour ago
Thank you :)

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=Gm75:iconGm75: 3 days 9 hours ago
Thanks for fav..
~horla:iconhorla: 4 days 10 hours ago
Thanks for the fav on my little girl!

VIVA!

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VIVA LA PICNIC!
*nintentofu:iconnintentofu: 4 days 13 hours ago
Thank you for adding the Nutella model to your favorites. ;D Good to see another fan of it's hazelnut yummyness. ^__^
*Wyrdling:iconWyrdling: 4 days 15 hours ago
:glomp:

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~uglyshyla:iconuglyshyla: 4 days 22 hours ago
Thanks for the fave.

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*hansepe:iconhansepe: 4 days 22 hours ago Mood: Joy
Thanks for the fave

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~liadys:iconliadys: 4 days 22 hours ago
Just dropping by to thank you for the fav--I appreciate it =)
~xOWhatsernameOx:iconxOWhatsernameOx: 5 days 3 hours ago
Thanks for the :+fav:s!
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~rzata:iconrzata: 5 days 5 hours ago
Thanks for fav :)