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The site received a lot of attention and coverage following an incident in which the site posted alleged images of medical personnel recovering [[wikipedia:Diana,_Princess_of_Wales|Princess Diana]]'s body from her fatal car accident. This picture was eventually revealed to be fake.<ref>web.archive.org/web/20050516235424/rotten.com/about/press.html</ref> The website was also one of the first websites to publish images of jumpers from the September 11 terrorist attacks, under the title "Swan Dive".<ref>esquire.com/news-politics/a48031/the-falling-man-tom-junod/ (<u>NOTE</u>: This article contains graphic images!)</ref> The site hosted a picture, named "Motorcycle" because it arrived as "motorcycle.jpg". The picture featured a man with his face blown off because of an attempted shotgun suicide. A attorney wrote to the site to take down the picture, however the attorney did not provide enough details for the request<ref name=":1" />. | The site received a lot of attention and coverage following an incident in which the site posted alleged images of medical personnel recovering [[wikipedia:Diana,_Princess_of_Wales|Princess Diana]]'s body from her fatal car accident. This picture was eventually revealed to be fake.<ref>web.archive.org/web/20050516235424/rotten.com/about/press.html</ref> The website was also one of the first websites to publish images of jumpers from the September 11 terrorist attacks, under the title "Swan Dive".<ref>esquire.com/news-politics/a48031/the-falling-man-tom-junod/ (<u>NOTE</u>: This article contains graphic images!)</ref> The site hosted a picture, named "Motorcycle" because it arrived as "motorcycle.jpg". The picture featured a man with his face blown off because of an attempted shotgun suicide. A attorney wrote to the site to take down the picture, however the attorney did not provide enough details for the request<ref name=":1" />. | ||
The website has also had multiple legal threats. In March 2000, the website received a legal threat from The Coca-Cola Company because of an image on the site featuring a Coca-Cola bottle up a woman's anus<ref>web.archive.org/web/20080219061733/rotten.com/legal/desist-coke.html</ref>. On May 17th, 2000 the Pillsbury Company sent a legal threat to Soylent Communications because of | The website has also had multiple legal threats. In March 2000, the website received a legal threat from The Coca-Cola Company because of an image on the site featuring a Coca-Cola bottle up a woman's anus<ref>web.archive.org/web/20080219061733/rotten.com/legal/desist-coke.html</ref>. On May 17th, 2000 the Pillsbury Company sent a legal threat to Soylent Communications because of an image featuring the Pillsbury Doughboy in an oven looking at a woman cooking their species.<ref>web.archive.org/web/20080215160253/rotten.com/legal/desist-pillsbury.html</ref>. | ||
Soylent Communications also registered a site, named '''trenchcoat.org'''<ref>web.archive.org/web/20000901050221/trenchcoat.org</ref> because of the [[wikipedia:Columbine High School massacre|Columbine High School massacre]]. The site depicted as the official site for the Trenchcoat Mafia. At the bottom of the page, there was a link titled "who to sue" which linked to the website of the [[wikipedia:Burlington (department store)|Burlington Coat Factory]]. This would result in a legal threat from Burlington<ref>web.archive.org/web/20080219054935/rotten.com/legal/desist-trench.html</ref>. | Soylent Communications also registered a site, named '''trenchcoat.org'''<ref>web.archive.org/web/20000901050221/trenchcoat.org</ref> because of the [[wikipedia:Columbine High School massacre|Columbine High School massacre]]. The site depicted as the official site for the Trenchcoat Mafia. At the bottom of the page, there was a link titled "who to sue" which linked to the website of the [[wikipedia:Burlington (department store)|Burlington Coat Factory]]. This would result in a legal threat from Burlington<ref>web.archive.org/web/20080219054935/rotten.com/legal/desist-trench.html</ref>. | ||
==PenisBird== | ==PenisBird== | ||
PenisBird''',''' also known as the "The Incident With The Bird" is a shock image hosted on Rotten.com and [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]]. The image displays a close-up picture of a naked man standing in the middle of a concrete parking lot with a [[wikipedia:Scarlet_macaw|scarlet macaw]] perched on the man's erect penis. Links to the image and ASCII versions were spammed on the [[wikipedia:Slashdot|Slashdot]] messageboards<ref>hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=6240&cid=977380</ref>. There is an edited [[GIF]] version of PenisBird which shows the macaw masturbating the man's penis with semen discharging from it<ref>edramatica.com/File:Jackoff110we.gif</ref>. | PenisBird''',''' also known as the "The Incident With The Bird" is a shock image hosted on Rotten.com and [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]]. The image displays a close-up picture of a naked man standing in the middle of a concrete parking lot with a [[wikipedia:Scarlet_macaw|scarlet macaw]] perched on the man's erect penis. Links to the image and ASCII versions were spammed on the [[wikipedia:Slashdot|Slashdot]] messageboards<ref>hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=6240&cid=977380</ref>. There is an edited [[GIF]] version of PenisBird which shows the macaw masturbating the man's penis with semen discharging from it<ref>edramatica.com/File:Jackoff110we.gif</ref>. | ||