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Jeez, we will never be able to look at someone in a Scooby Doo or Barney costume in the same way again. The Queens DA's office announced that a Queens man was charged with selling counterfeit costumes of characters like the Scoob, the purple one, and Bob the Builder. And how the Queens DA nabbed 43-year-old Julio Quevado is crazy.
Hit Entertainment, which owns the trademark license to those characters, told the Queen DA's office that it suspected Quevado of selling the fake costumes. So an investigator from Hit and a detective posed as a husband-and-wife porn producing team who wanted to buy some costumes for a "furry porn" film. Quevado led them to a storage facility in Jamaica where he had hundreds of costumes (Dora the Explorer! Thomas the Tank Engine! The Tasmanian Devil!). A law enforcement source confirmed to the Daily News, "There is a whole subculture engaged in that kind of activity." And note to anyone who is thinking of buying a legitimate cartoon character costume: They cost thousands of dollars (Quevado was selling his for $250).
Quevado was arrested for trademark counterfeiting. Queens DA Richard Brown, taking a breather from the Sean Bell case, said, "There isn't a child around who doesn't watch the exploits of Dora the Explorer, Bob the Builder, Barney and Scooby-Doo. To corrupt the image of these popular cartoon characters or have individuals of unknown backgrounds dressed in cheap-looking costumes in close proximity to young children is particularly troublesome." Um, why is DA Brown calling their adventures "exploits?"
And one of the most disturbing stories we've ever read was Salon's 2000 article on plushies.
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A crackdown of this sort is really needed in Hollywood. There's been quite a problem with people dressed up in (no doubt counterfeit) character costumes in the main tourist areas and charging money to pose with people for photos. What creates the problem is the fact that many of the "characters" become angry and even threatening if people decline to participate.
I've seen this before also by the South Street Seaport. There is a man that is dressed as Spongebob Square Pants and charges for photos. The costume is really ugly and filthy.
Am I the only person who didn't realize this was illegal?
Whee, another day, another thing about furries.
Furry fans are not all fursuiters. Fursuits are a subgroup of furry fans, most of whom just like the art, stories, characters etc. Some of it is sexual and a lot isn't. And some people have furry identities/characters that they use as nicks on various online fora, but it's not a lifestyle and they don't "really think they are foxes" or whatever. It's a cute RP concept, nothing more.
And real fursuiters don't use licensed character fursuits, which are ugly. They build their own fursuits based on their own characters. They cost a lot of money and time. They are generally used for entertainment purposes, not as sexual aids. A real furry porn film would be animated or CGI, not live action with crappy off the rack fursuits.
Still, this is funny as hell. :)
Just clearing up a few facts. Yeah, I'm a furry. I also have a well paying job and a 9 year relationship. Watch out, because furries are everywhere. We maintain your system networks and work at your helpdesks. We program your stock trades and pull your lattes. Furry fandom is home to some of the smartest and most creative people I've ever met. And yes, we're generally, gleefully perverse. :)
I like furries.
"...... have individuals of unknown backgrounds dressed in cheap-looking costumes in close proximity to young children is particularly troublesome"
Wehereas paying more money to overbloated corporations who've milked these copyrights to death and then hanging round kids is A-OK.
Will someone think of the chiiiiiildren.
Exploit: a bold or daring feat. Scoob and the others are often involved in exciting 'toon adventures. The DA was perfectly correct in his usage.
Thank GOD law enforcement is stopping my impersonators. I have worked and toiled for years to ensure the high quality of my trademark... I love you, and you love me.
Dora is a rug muncher.