Boxxy

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2009-03-10T18:38:45Z

16JutKkzXLU

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confirmed

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youtube star, gaia, camgirl, controversy, war, big eye, webcam

4:13

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'> <head> <meta content='text/html; utf-8' http-equiv='Content-Type' /> <meta name='keywords' content='youtube star, gaia, camgirl, controversy, war, big eye, webcam' /> <title>Boxxy | Know Your Meme</title> <link href='http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/stylesheets/mobile.css?1264901130' media='only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /> <script src="http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery-ui.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jrails.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery.timeago.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn1.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/application.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> </head> <body id='mobile'> <div id='container'> <div class='c' id='content'> <div class='block c' id='entry_titlebar'> <div class='left'> <div class='c' id='entry_photo'><img alt="" class="thumbnail left" src="http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/87/thumb/Boxxy_Sweet.jpg?1236710866" title="Boxxy" /></div> <dl id='entry_details'> <dt>Status</dt> <dd>Confirmed</dd> <dt>Origin</dt> <dd><em>Unknown</em></dd> <dt>Year</dt> <dd><em>Unknown</em></dd> </dl> </div> <div class='right'> <h1>Boxxy</h1> <p class='desc'>In January 2009 a young GaiaOnline user named “BoxxyBabee” posted several hyperactive, seemingly innocuous videos to YouTube. Discovered via a post on i-am-bored, the division between Boxxy h8rs and those declaring her “Queen of /b/” culminated in a civil war that crashed 4chan. Some called her cancer — others called her the cure. Was she trolling? Was she legit?…</p> </div> </div> <div class='c' id='entry_content'> <div class="block"><p>In January 2009 a young GaiaOnline user named “BoxxyBabee” posted several hyperactive, seemingly innocuous videos to YouTube. Discovered via a post on i-am-bored, the division between Boxxy h8rs and those declaring her “Queen of /b/” culminated in a civil war that crashed 4chan.</p> <p>Some called her cancer — others called her the cure.</p> <p>Was she trolling? Was she legit? Either way she’s now gone underground, her flash-in-the-pan popularity leaving a brief burn-mark on Internets history.</p> <p>Her most notable & final video:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yavx9yxTrsw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yavx9yxTrsw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><b><span class="caps">UPDATE</span> 12-10-09</b></p> <p>Youtube has removed videos from original account on “http://www.youtube.com/user/boxxybabee”: due to a copyright claim by Lia Dawson.</p> <p>Meanwhile, those videos have been reuploaded to Lia Dawson’s account at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/lia">http://www.youtube.com/user/lia</a></p> <p>We’re not sure what to make of this yet. More information will be added as it develops.</p> <p>The image used for Lia Dawson’s avatar is a piece of stock photography available on many sites.</p> <ul> <li>See <a href=http://www.tineye.com/search/69d1a1c2d39eced6b036bb3831298e2c97dfb6b6?page=2>TinEye results</a></li> </ul> <p>Text from Lia Dawson’s videos reads:<br /> <blockquote><br /> boxxy and boxxybabee are registered trademarks by Lia Dawson & Frank Lawson Network.</p> </blockquote> <p>No further records of the Lia Dawson and Frank Lawson Network have been found.</p> <p>However, Boxxy is a registered trademark of Oulipo Inc. first registered in 2006 and abandoned in 2008, and renewed again on December 2nd, 2009.</p> <ul> <li>See Oulipo’s <a href=http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4001:1hc4kd.2.2>US Trademark Registry on Boxxy</a></li> <li>Oulipo’s <a href=http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4001:1hc4kd.2.1>previous Trademark on the word Boxxy</a></li> </ul> <p>Oulipo is a creative workshop of writers and mathematicians based out of Montreal, CA.<br /> It is unclear if there is any connection between Oulipo’s trademark and the one Lia Dawson is claiming.</p> <ul> <li>See <a href=http://www.oulipo.net/>Oulipo’s official Website</a> (French)</li> <li><a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulipo>Oulipo on Wikipedia</a></li> </ul> <p><b><span class="caps">UPDATE</span> 12-11-09</b><br /> Youtube account Boxybabee is suspended.</p> <p><b><span class="caps">UPDATE</span> 12-14-09</b><br /> Just as many have suspected, Lia Dawson turned out to be a troll, causing many of Boxxy’s fans to rage, and providing lulz for many others.</p> <p><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/30623/original/liadawson.png?1260820701" alt="" /></p> <p>Successful Troll is Successful.</p></div> </div> <div class='block' id='entry_footer'> <h1>More Info</h1> <div class='c'> <a class='btn left' href='KYM://entry/photos' id='entry_photos'> View Meme Images <br /> <span># Total images</span> </a> <a class='btn right' href='KYM://entry/share' id='entry_share'> Share <br /> <span>Tell a friend!</span> </a> </div> <p> Author <span>aaa</span> </p> <p>Updated xxxx</p> </div> <div class='block c' id='entry_nav'> <a class='btn left' href='KYM://entry/prev' id='entry_nav_prev'>Prev Meme</a> <a class='btn right' href='KYM://entry/next' id='entry_nav_next'>Next Meme</a> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>

Boxxy <p>In January 2009 a young GaiaOnline user named “BoxxyBabee” posted several hyperactive, seemingly innocuous videos to YouTube. Discovered via a post on i-am-bored, the division between Boxxy h8rs and those declaring her “Queen of /b/” culminated in a civil war that crashed 4chan.</p> <p>Some called her cancer — others called her the cure.</p> <p>Was she trolling? Was she legit? Either way she’s now gone underground, her flash-in-the-pan popularity leaving a brief burn-mark on Internets history.</p> <p>Her most notable & final video:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yavx9yxTrsw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yavx9yxTrsw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><b><span class="caps">UPDATE</span> 12-10-09</b></p> <p>Youtube has removed videos from original account on “http://www.youtube.com/user/boxxybabee”: due to a copyright claim by Lia Dawson.</p> <p>Meanwhile, those videos have been reuploaded to Lia Dawson’s account at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/lia">http://www.youtube.com/user/lia</a></p> <p>We’re not sure what to make of this yet. More information will be added as it develops.</p> <p>The image used for Lia Dawson’s avatar is a piece of stock photography available on many sites.</p> <ul> <li>See <a href=http://www.tineye.com/search/69d1a1c2d39eced6b036bb3831298e2c97dfb6b6?page=2>TinEye results</a></li> </ul> <p>Text from Lia Dawson’s videos reads:<br /> <blockquote><br /> boxxy and boxxybabee are registered trademarks by Lia Dawson & Frank Lawson Network.</p> </blockquote> <p>No further records of the Lia Dawson and Frank Lawson Network have been found.</p> <p>However, Boxxy is a registered trademark of Oulipo Inc. first registered in 2006 and abandoned in 2008, and renewed again on December 2nd, 2009.</p> <ul> <li>See Oulipo’s <a href=http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4001:1hc4kd.2.2>US Trademark Registry on Boxxy</a></li> <li>Oulipo’s <a href=http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4001:1hc4kd.2.1>previous Trademark on the word Boxxy</a></li> </ul> <p>Oulipo is a creative workshop of writers and mathematicians based out of Montreal, CA.<br /> It is unclear if there is any connection between Oulipo’s trademark and the one Lia Dawson is claiming.</p> <ul> <li>See <a href=http://www.oulipo.net/>Oulipo’s official Website</a> (French)</li> <li><a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulipo>Oulipo on Wikipedia</a></li> </ul> <p><b><span class="caps">UPDATE</span> 12-11-09</b><br /> Youtube account Boxybabee is suspended.</p> <p><b><span class="caps">UPDATE</span> 12-14-09</b><br /> Just as many have suspected, Lia Dawson turned out to be a troll, causing many of Boxxy’s fans to rage, and providing lulz for many others.</p> <p><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/30623/original/liadawson.png?1260820701" alt="" /></p> <p>Successful Troll is Successful.</p>

2010-02-06T10:07:47Z