Ever since this site began, we have had a good relationship
with Elliott Hoffman of
Spelling the Vacuum.
He was the first person to link to this page, and he's even contributed features
to this page before. And that is why the following issue was discussed privately
before now. Elliott has been using Jux Entente intellectual property without
permission for quite some time now. Many attempts were made to strike deals
over how to deal with the
unlicensed uses, while admitting that there
had been acceptable use in the past, mostly as guest comics at Spelling.
But an agreement was never reached. As such, we are now taking legal action
against Mr. Hoffman to get him to remove the following offenses from his
website. Permanently. As of yet, the only monetary factor in the suit is
for our legal fees. This suit also does not include any usage of Spelling
the Vacuum characters on The Jux Entente, as those were licensed with a written
agreement, nor the lawful usage of Jux Entente property, of which there were
several instances. Also outside of the scope of this action are the written
articles on Jux by Elliott, because we purchased the rights to them, and
all work done on room931 by Jux's Crossed Reality, as that was also done
under agreement. Hopefully we can put this behind us soon.
This is so fake it's sad. Really.
1) Unlicensed appearance of Picasso in Spelling the Vacuum
Issue 64
2) Plagarism of Picasso 34 in Spelling the Vacuum Issue 103. Said comics
appeared online very close to one another. Usage of characters from other
comics protected by the laws of parody.
The above stupidity is deliberate.
I love incesticide, don't you?
3) Unlicensed appearance of Picasso and Unnamed
Blob in Spelling the Vacuum Issue 145
Needless to say, it's extremely regretful that
this had to come up. But I can't stand by and let my intellectual property
be abused. Hopefully, things will return to normal soon. I appreciate your
support.
Enermax Power Inside!
Crossed Reality