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Drunken Brian France Legal Fund

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Why are we fighting against this lawsuit?  Drunken Brian France is a PARODY twitter handle.  Protected under the first amendment and copyright use as fair use. 

We are raising money for the legal defense from the unreasonable lawsuit levied by Former NASCAR President and CEO Brain France against the Parody account of Drunk Brian France.

John Steele, the man behind the parody Twitter handle, Drunken Brian France has been slapped with a lawsuit from former NASCAR CEO Brian France for harming his image.  This account is clearly marked as a parody account and over time has become a huge champion of the small underfunded teams.  DBF is an assent to the racing community and it is now our turn to help he out like he has helped many of us out.

Mullins Racing (Dinah Mullins) is spearheading this fundraising effort.  DBF has been a long time supporter of the team.

From the website HG.org

Parodies have often been used to criticize public figures, communicate ideologies and expose problems in the world. The United States was founded on the idea that it is necessary to criticize the government and public figures in order to enact the change that the people desire. Therefore, even if certain works may be considered by some individuals to be distasteful, courts may deny granting alleged victims a win because they seek to allow the free flow of ideas.

Parody works may use some of the original characters in a work in order to direct the audience’s attention to the decline in social values or to rewrite a work with a new perspective. In other instances, parodies may resemble nonfictional works but are only realized to be parodies by careful scrutiny.

One common example of parodies is a political cartoon. These cartoons may overemphasize political figures’ personality traits, physical attributes or other details of their life. While often believed to be humorous, some political cartoons have helped to inspire and influence national debate. Because parodies historically have political and social messages, they are often protected by the First Amendment’s right to free speech.

Donations 

  • George Venesky
    • $10 
    • 4 yrs
  • Green Flag
    • $25 
    • 4 yrs
  • Adam DelGrosso
    • $10 
    • 4 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $20 
    • 4 yrs
  • Scott Reeves
    • $20 
    • 4 yrs

Fundraising team (2)

Dinah Mullins
Organizer
Fredericksburg, VA
William Mullins
Beneficiary
Randazza Legal Group PLLC
Team member
This team raised $5,473 from 98 other donations.

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