http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071222/en_nm/norris_lawsuit_dc

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tough-guy actor and martial arts expert Chuck Norris sued publisher Penguin on Friday over a book he claims unfairly exploits his famous name, based on a satirical Internet list of "mythical facts" about him.

 

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Penguin published "The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 facts about the World's Greatest Human" in November. Author Ian Spector and two Web sites he runs to promote the book, including http://www.truthaboutchuck.com, are also named in the suit.

 

 

 

The book capitalizes on "mythical facts" that have been circulating on the Internet since 2005 that poke fun at Norris' tough-guy image and super-human abilities, the suit said.

 

 

 

It include s such humorous "facts" as "Chuck Norris's tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried" and "Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits," the suit said, as well as "Chuck Norris can charge a cell phone by rubbing it against his beard."

 

 

 

"Some of the 'facts' in the book are racist, lewd or portray Mr. Norris as engaged in illegal activities," the lawsuit alleges.

 

 

 

Norris, who rose to fame in the 1970s and 1980s as the star of such films as "The Delta Force" and "Missing in Action," says the book's title would mislead readers into thinking the facts were true.

 

 

 

"Defendants have misappropriated and exploited Mr. Norris's name and likeness without authorization for their own commercial profit," said the lawsuit.

 

 

 

The suit, filed in Manhattan federal court, seeks unspecified monetary damages for trademark infringement, unjust enrichment and privacy rights.

 

 

 

Norris, whose real name is Carlos Ray Norris, claims in the suit he is protective of what his name is associated with. He has recently made U.S. headlines for backing Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

 

 

 

A spokesman for Penguin, owned by Britain's Pearson, was not immediately available for comment.

 

 

 

tl;dr - Chuck Norris is suing Penguin publishing for a Chuck Norris facts book.

 

 

 

It's great to wake up to something like this. It really has boosted my respect for the man. Hopefully people will stop using the jokes now.

 

 

 

Edit- Word choice.

When Chuck Norris sues someone he just has to look the judge in the eye and then the judge declares the ruling in his favor.

 

 

 

EDIT: I hope Chuck wins, then maybe people will stop with these annoying jokes that haven't been funny in 5 years.

 

 

 

EDIT2: The website in the news article, truthaboutchuck.com, isn't working. Maybe the owners already took it down to appease the great god Chuck.

 

 

 

EDIT3: Nevermind, there was a comma in the name.

They're funny, but some of them are too explicit. SOme of them I don't get, and some of them are just frikkin creepy.

 

 

 

All in all, I happen to agree with this. But this won't stop people from making new ones. #-o

With the book gone, it doesn't mean people won't be saying Chuck Norris jokes. Norris can't sue 10 million people, even if he can charge a cell phone with his beard. :P

With the book gone, it doesn't mean people won't be saying Chuck Norris jokes. Norris can't sue 10 million people, even if he can charge a cell phone with his beard. :P

Hm, well it's stopping it from becoming too mainstream. Things that start on the internet like this shouldn't spread to real life.

With the book gone, it doesn't mean people won't be saying Chuck Norris jokes. Norris can't sue 10 million people, even if he can charge a cell phone with his beard. :P

Hm, well it's stopping it from becoming too mainstream. Things that start on the internet like this shouldn't spread to real life.

 

 

 

Why not?

 

 

 

I personally would like to hear 'moar' about desu, mudkips, and barrel role jokes rather then half the garbage that is mom jokes and celebrity stories.

 

 

 

Seriously, people need to stop trying to make a big barrier between RL and the interwebz.

 

 

 

Chuck Norris jokes will never die. They have pretty much already become a meme.

With the book gone, it doesn't mean people won't be saying Chuck Norris jokes. Norris can't sue 10 million people, even if he can charge a cell phone with his beard. :P

Hm, well it's stopping it from becoming too mainstream. Things that start on the internet like this shouldn't spread to real life.

 

 

 

Why not?

 

 

 

I personally would like to hear 'moar' about desu, mudkips, and barrel role jokes rather then half the garbage that is mom jokes and celebrity stories.

 

 

 

Seriously, people need to stop trying to make a big barrier between RL and the interwebz.

 

 

 

Chuck Norris jokes will never die. They have pretty much already become a meme.

 

 

 

That's true. But it seems like Chuck doesn't like all the bad attention he's getting from some of these so called facts. So, he's sueing[sp?].

freedom of speech + law + Chuck Norris = win

 

 

 

Bout time he took the situation over, after all he is Chcuk Norris....

 

 

 

(no joke pun) :|

This will only raise more Chuck Norris Jokes.

 

He can't stop us, only his beard can.

 

ZING!

I've never found them funny. Most people I know do, but I've never wanted to laugh. That's just me though. :-w

Lol, I've heard some of these. The only one i remember is:

 

90% (or something like that) of women lost their virginity to Chuck Norris. The other 10% lied.

Lol, I've heard some of these. The only one i remember is:

 

90% (or something like that) of women lost their virginity to Chuck Norris. The other 10% lied.

 

:o

 

But chuck doesn't consider it sex if the woman lives :notalk:

Personally I find them funny but yah know whatever floats your boat.

All the Gator fans I know tell Tim Tebow jokes instead. :-#

Chuck Norris jokes will live forever.

 

 

 

P.S. Chuck Norris will find you for this post...

MEME LIVES ON! FOR TEH LULZ. :twisted:

 

 

 

+ Chuck Noriss actually died 20 years ago, the grim reapers just too scared to tell him.

 

 

 

Somepeople need to lighten up, its just a joke. Im not speaking for the racist ones however. >.< I've never heard any racist Chuck Norris jokes.

I hope I don't get in trouble.... But you asked for it.

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. T once beat Chuck Norris in a game of Tic Tac Toe. In retaliation Chuck Norris invented racism.

Haven't they been out of style for several years now?

Haven't they been out of style for several years now?

 

 

 

Mostly... But even people with the driest possible sense of humor must admit some of those were pretty funny :)

 

 

 

Mr. T once beat Chuck Norris in a game of Tic Tac Toe. In retaliation Chuck Norris invented racism.

 

 

 

Yeah, that's one of the lame CN jokes. That wasn't even funny.

 

 

 

Chuck Norris CAN divide by zero.

 

 

 

Tom Clancy has to pay royalties to Chuck Norris because "The Sum of All Fears" is the name of Chuck Norris' autobiography.

 

 

 

Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.

 

 

 

:lol: But yeah I can understand his stance, since so many racist and other jokes were made about him, it wasn't any longer funny. People are profiting off his name, from what was supposed to be just a quick laugh. Unless they pay a share of the profits to him and cut off the lame stuff, they should just back off.

This is a bit strange, because the man doesn't actually disapprove of the whole joke. He's been quoted before as saying he actually finds the whole thing funny, and when Maddox published The Alphabet of Manliness a whole chapter on Chuck Norris was included, and he never got sued.

 

 

 

I guess I can see where he's coming from, though: a respectable publisher should be able to ride this meme in a better way than by copy and pasting a bunch of jokes that were posted online; at least Maddox had enough class to write his own material.

Some of them are funny. Its just none involve wit. There the intelligent jokes of Your mom.

when Chuck Norris jumps in the pool, he doesnt get wet... the water gets Chuck Norris'd

It's about time he stood up for himself. But i doubt its going to stop anybody...people aren't just going to stop telling chuck norris jokes because some laywer said not to

Well, you can't expect to go publishing books about folks without their permission in the first place. And there's no way you're getting away with displeasing Lord Norris.

 

Since we're on this topic:

 

Chuck Norris doesn't dodge bullets, bullets dodge Chuck Norris.

K guys, it seems some of you don't understand this. It's not a matter of Chuck standing up for himself or getting back for the jokes, this is all a matter of copyright.

 

 

 

The following videos all have Chuck Norris in them, and have been aired on TV, with his permission, and in some way include these jokes or his internet fame, yet he has gone along with it all.

 

 

 

Mountain Dew Commercial

 

Chuck Norris approved commerical

 

Chuck norris on a talk show about the facts

 

 

 

See, this isn't a matter of Chuck disliking the jokes, it's just he doesn't want other making profit out of his name without his consent.

 

 

 

Had the company asked him about the publishing, and let him review/edit the book, I bet there would of been no lawsuit.