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Damon camp cries foul over derogatory bibs on eBay
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Topic Started: Jul 21 2006, 10:02 AM (40 Views)
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Jul 21 2006, 10:02 AM
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BOSTON -- A Red Sox fan angry that Johnny Damon defected to the New York Yankees has fought off an attempt by his high-powered agent to stop her from selling baby bibs with a very grown-up insult.
Tucked among the "I Love My Mommy" bibs and "Pregnant Princess" maternity clothes, Ann Sylvia also offers bibs and onesies adorned with the ballpark epithet "Damon Sucks." Last month, eBay pulled the listings after the Scott Boras Corp. complained that they violated Damon's right of publicity, a legal claim that allows celebrities to control the products they endorse.
Sylvia hadn't sold any of the Damon items at the time, but the complaint threatened to blemish her eBay rating and jeopardize her PowerSeller status.
"I'm just a stay-at-home mom. I just want to raise my children, sell my stuff," said Sylvia, who works part-time at The Standard-Times of New Bedford, which first reported on her struggle. "It's all a little nerve-racking, a little scary."
If so, she didn't show it in her negotiations with Boras' staff. During an hourlong phone call, she pointed out to attorney Ryan Lubner that there are other baseball players named "Damon." How did he know, after all, that she wasn't the world's biggest critic of Tampa Bay's Damon Hollins?
"Then I knew I had him," she gloated. "So I said, 'Let's make a compromise.'"
Lubner agreed to lift his objection -- and clear her eBay record -- if Sylvia agreed not to use "Johnny," "Boston," "Red Sox," "New York," or "Yankees" in the listing.
Now Sylvia's bibs are back on eBay.
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Jul 21 2006, 02:16 PM
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BOSTON -- A Red Sox fan angry that Johnny Damon defected to the New York Yankees has fought off an attempt by his high-powered agent to stop her from selling baby bibs with a very grown-up insult.
Tucked among the "I Love My Mommy" bibs and "Pregnant Princess" maternity clothes, Ann Sylvia also offers bibs and onesies adorned with the ballpark epithet "Damon Sucks." Last month, eBay pulled the listings after the Scott Boras Corp. complained that they violated Damon's right of publicity, a legal claim that allows celebrities to control the products they endorse.
Sylvia hadn't sold any of the Damon items at the time, but the complaint threatened to blemish her eBay rating and jeopardize her PowerSeller status.
"I'm just a stay-at-home mom. I just want to raise my children, sell my stuff," said Sylvia, who works part-time at The Standard-Times of New Bedford, which first reported on her struggle. "It's all a little nerve-racking, a little scary."
If so, she didn't show it in her negotiations with Boras' staff. During an hourlong phone call, she pointed out to attorney Ryan Lubner that there are other baseball players named "Damon." How did he know, after all, that she wasn't the world's biggest critic of Tampa Bay's Damon Hollins?
"Then I knew I had him," she gloated. "So I said, 'Let's make a compromise.'"
Lubner agreed to lift his objection -- and clear her eBay record -- if Sylvia agreed not to use "Johnny," "Boston," "Red Sox," "New York," or "Yankees" in the listing.
Now Sylvia's bibs are back on eBay. Full Story
Stay at home raisin' her kids eh? What a thing to be teaching lil ones. :rolleyes:
This woman needs to stop havin babies for the good of society. She's breeding anarchy! :furious2:
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Jul 21 2006, 02:17 PM
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That same housewife was probably jammin' herself daily to pictures of Damon with his long hair and beard.
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Jul 21 2006, 04:29 PM
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And the Band played on......
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Does anyone is Boston have class?
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Jul 21 2006, 05:11 PM
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Does anyone is Boston have class?
No
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