Comments on: John Law Sues His Former Burning Man Partners

By: christina

christina — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:53:59 +0000

wicker man comes to mind

By: WALT!

WALT! — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:26:18 +0000

Was this ever settled?

By: Burning Man News: Former BM Co-founder, John Law, Sues Burning Man

Burning Man News: Former BM Co-founder, John Law, Sues Burning Man — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:41:14 +0000

[...] Lawsuit info on the Laughing Squid website [...]

By: Brandthroposophy » Blog Archive » Burning Man’s Sold Out!

Brandthroposophy » Blog Archive » Burning Man’s Sold Out! — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:03:37 +0000

[...] and others would like to see it released into the public domain. The story is covered thoroughly here. Call it what you want, but that’s very much a battle over a brand in my opinion. And [...]

By: HR Lori » Blog Archive » Burning Man Workers

HR Lori » Blog Archive » Burning Man Workers — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:19:34 +0000

[...] every year and want to see it continue for a long time to come. Between this and John Law’s lawsuit, it sounds like the Black Rock LLC has some challenges [...]

By: charles w rowles

charles w rowles — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:58:02 +0000

Sounds to me like this is just a way for them to â€œget outâ€ of doing burning man. It is getting pretty big and seems to me that the original intent is getting buried under all the requirements they need to meet.
â€œYou sew me and Iâ€™ll sew you and weâ€™ll all have a beer on the backporch, thank you very muchâ€.

By: Modern Mythology | The Otherworld | Cultural Branding | Naming | Language | Design

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:04:21 +0000

[...] The recent brouhaha over the Burning ManÂ trademark set me to thinking aboutÂ theÂ role of the Otherworld inÂ pop culture.Â One common feature of Indo-European mythology (as well as of many other cultures) is the concept ofÂ an alternate world — existing side by side with ours — where the conventions of “our” society areÂ flouted (or even reversed) and which can be entered into only at special times or places. The Medieval WelshÂ ”fairyland” of Annwfn, Arthur’s Avalon, and the Lord of the Rings’ elvishÂ realm ofÂ LothlÃ³rienÂ were all inspired by this very rich mythical construct. [...]

By: The Burning Man trademark controversy at FactoryCity

The Burning Man trademark controversy at FactoryCity — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:35:58 +0000

[...] Scott Beale has been keeping me up to date on the Burning Man trademark controversy and today Eugene Kim pinged me about the story hitting the Chron. [...]

By: kendrak’s attack / does it burn when you pee?

kendrak’s attack / does it burn when you pee? — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:45:45 +0000

[...] over the years it’s grown to be huge and bloated, full of drugged out “hippies” play-acting for a week. over the past few years my indifference has grown into contempt, mostly out of proximity to people like my downstairs neighbour who’s a total “burner“. (this is ignoring the fact that i’m paranoid that she’s going to burn down the house someday.) there’s nothing hip or edgy (to me) about (upper)middle class white people people who spend so much money to act arty and hedonistic one week a year, when many seem to be compensating for the guilt associated with privilege and affluence. it’s funny too, because to be able to afford to go to burning man in style, and all the other neo-primitive arty stuff like srl. ahh, you all love the stereo-typical san franciscan, though it’s sad when they’re robbed. well, i guess the burning man community’s being ripped apart by a lawsuit. to borrow a phrase from the w3b 2.0 burners, “oh noes!” of course it’s a big story on laughing squid. of course i’m something of a hater because i never “got it”, but the whole thing isn’t suprising- except for the level of indignation people seem to feel. you mean spending a week bartering junk and being high isn’t a spiritual experience and people just want money? pshaw. [...]

By: brent lawrence

brent lawrence — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:24:20 +0000

As a four year burner who is thinking that I have been too evangelical about the burn and need to take a year off to see if my world remains the same; I am going to a small get togeather with some friends out in a private part of the desert this year to see if it works just as well.

I just saw a microsoft commercial that has a dad with piercings talking to his teenage son about which tatoo to get before they go to burning man, and the son wants to just be left alone.

This ahows that even hip cool events can become refined, pasturized and processed and have all the nutrients taken out. It may have become BURNING MAN LAND and now requires a corprate stamp and an E ticket.

By: Laughing Squid » Bad Day At Black Rock (Cacophony Society Zone Trip #4)

Laughing Squid » Bad Day At Black Rock (Cacophony Society Zone Trip #4) — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:10:43 +0000

[...] Recent events have sparked a quite a bit of discussion regarding the history of Burning Man, an event that has been a major influence on my life as well as many of my close friends. [...]

By: B u r n l o g » Burning Man Responds to John Law Complaint

B u r n l o g » Burning Man Responds to John Law Complaint — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:29:39 +0000

[...] On January 9, 2007, LaughingSquid.com announced that John Law, one of the original three co-founders of Burning Man, has filed suit against his former partners Larry Harvey and Michael Michael over the ownership of the Burning Man name, image, and likeness. [...]

By: Laughing Squid » Weird America’s Video of HELCO from Burning Man 1996

Laughing Squid » Weird America’s Video of HELCO from Burning Man 1996 — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:40:49 +0000

[...] So all this talk of John Law and Burning Man history has prompted Chuck Cirino to dig through his massive Burning Man video archives. He just posted an amazing video of the SEEMEN performance of HELCO from Burning Man 1996 that was produced by Kal Spelletich. This was a legendary point on the Burning Man timeline and one of the highlights of John Law’s involvement with the event, taking place the last year he was an organizer, right before all “hell broke loose”. tags: Burning Man (T) , video (T) , SEEMEN (T) , Chuck Cirino (T) , Kal Spelletich (T) , John Law (T) , Weird America (T) , HELCO (T) submit to StumbleUpon Comments RSS feed | Trackback URL [...]

By: Weird America » Weird America - Helco at Burning Man 1996

Weird America » Weird America - Helco at Burning Man 1996 — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:44:50 +0000

[...] Scott Beale at LaughingSquid.com also has details concerning a new Burning Man development which could affect the future of Burning Man. [...]

By: Laughing Squid » Newsweek Covers Burning Man Name Dispute

Laughing Squid » Newsweek Covers Burning Man Name Dispute — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:15:01 +0000

[...] Newsweek published article by Jessica Bennett today about John Law’s recent lawsuit regarding the name “Burning Man”: “Heart Burn” [...]

By: Johnny Deep

Johnny Deep — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:50:58 +0000

who goes to Burning Man anymore ?

you lived, you learned, and hopefully . .

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:34:23 +0000

Party in the desert or not, any LLC venture demands that some person(s) are legally responsible for what goes on. That’s a big responsibility I surely do not envy. Tensions will inheritly ebb and flow. If the big burn isn’t jiving anymore, there’s a gajillion regionals that are (on a lesse scale) just as fantastic to endure.

Change is the only constant – AnnaMaul93

By: Storyteller

Storyteller — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:36:49 +0000

A couple of things here: First I see “Cult of personality” becoming a cache phrase in every post regarding this issue. Very, very few of the posts I have read on any of the forums regarding this issue has been in direct personal attack or defense of any of the 3 parties involved. I see a lot of approval and disapproval for the ideas that each of the 3 parties express, but no (or very little) hero worship on any side. People are not speaking out to hold JL, LH or M2 as gods…they are speaking out on the issues themselves. You’ll find a lot of “Great to see you take a stand John” and similar, but most go on from there to state why they are in personal agreement on the issues, not the figurehead. Not to say that there is not a lot of speculation as “Who is to blame” for such a great disturbance in the Force…but even the most emotional seem to stay pertainant to the issues at hand rather than smearing people personally.
And there is that. You worry about the future of Burning Man…stop worrying about “What this says to the world about our community” and start worrying about this wound that is ailing us all. Love brothers and sisters…Love to JL, LH, M2, and all who are suffering through these growing pains. They have each showed us Love for many many years…let’s not forget that now.

As for who owns the idea of standing naked and purified before our Brother Fire, gathered in an undifferentiated mass of Love, Understanding and Vision…well…Woe to the man who thinks he can tame the wild Spirit which we have worked so hard to keep in the face of worse than this ;)

And above all else, remember that that is what is at the core of Burning Man. Burning Man is the culmination of a half million screams. Every year tens of thousands of people make their way to the desert to drop to their knees and at last let go of the shattered pieces that were once their lives in one soul searing scream…and allow the healing energy we create together to rebuild those pieces with a little meaning. A scream that holds all of the pain, hope fear, anger, hopelessness, despair, and frustration that is what it means to be Human. Trademark that.

Life (TM)

Love brothers and sisters. That’s what began this. And that is what will fix this.

Love and Respect
The Storyteller

By: Laughing Squid » Valleywag’s Coverage of EFF Sweet 16 Party

Laughing Squid » Valleywag’s Coverage of EFF Sweet 16 Party — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:17:47 +0000

[...] Many people were talking about that fact that both John Law and Michael Mikel were in attendance, considering the big Burning Man news that broke on Tuesday. Too bad Larry Harvey didn’t show up (he was at last year’s party). It would have been interesting to see the three of them having a conversation about the Burning Man lawsuit in a room full of attorneys. [...]

By: Search Marketing Gurus | Search Marketing Tips, Advice, Strategies

Search Marketing Gurus | Search Marketing Tips, Advice, Strategies — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:51:38 +0000

iPhones and Bubble Baths and Burning Man – Oh My!…

A lot of news happened this week, especially in light of the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas and MacWorld in San Francisco. In light of my past few days of watching both a nearly four year old (as my nephew likes to say) and a 8 month old …