Betsy Castro is Threatening Teenagers

Wake up Jestro! You need REAL professional management. Your family should stay away from the chat boards and they should not make themselves so accessible to your fans. They shouldn't be answering questions or posting on your fansites. Run your career like a professional would. You are in California this week--get yourself a real manager. A real tough manager. You are an adult--tell your family to cool it! You can handle things.

Francisco.....that's fun to say.

Jesu...I mean Jason. Even mammajaya ain't that bad (check out idletard.com for details :)) Jason, if YOU are reading this, or if any of your friends are, stop it now before it's too late. Damn, he doesn't even have the excuss of having been a minor on the show.

Whoever called them the Cash-tro family hit the nail right on the head.

For Sham, Sham, Sham.

Uh, I mean...For Shame, Shame, Shame.

The more I read about him, the more I think the clueless stoner thing is an act. He's just as bad as the family. I'm not saying he's not stoned, just that he knows full well what's going on. They are too blatent for him NOT to.

Mugsy FTW. Jason needs to start acting like an adult and not let his mommy run the show. or he's history.

On top of that, Jason's mom hired Eddie Head to be his manager. What a joke! Eddie Head manages a bunch of local teenage bands from the Dallas area. His biggest claim to fame was a short-lived Cheyenne reality show on MTV.

Is Momma Castro dreaming of a Castro Family reality show?

I once heard somewhere that you could always tell a true character of someone when fame and money get in the way. The Castro family are perfect examples. I won't say that about Jason just yet because we don't know the full story whether he's knowledgeable of the whole situation. Or maybe he does, but doesn't care. That teen who designed that shirt has some talent! Watch, I bet that the Castro family will patent the design as their own, making the money for something they plagiarized. I wouldn't put it past them.
I just hope that the tweens and fantards will wake up and finally notice that the Castro family could care less about them, but just their money and (unfortunately) ideas. But in a way, *if* (and this is a big 'if') they do steal that logo, maybe this will be the straw that broke the Camel's back.

Someone said that this could kill Jason's career, is absolutely right. And he'll have his own family to thank.

We'll see...

"Always let your conscience be your guide until you can save up enough money for a GPS." -Colbert Report

I looked around to try and find the legalities of this issue. Here it is, but it's confusing. I guess you have to establish whether or not Jason can be considered a celebrity. =0)

The right of publicity is generally defined as an individual's right to control and profit from the commercial use of his/her name, likeness and persona, which shall be referred to in this article as the "individual's identity". Protecting the individual from the loss of commercial value resulting from the unauthorized appropriation of an individual's identity for commercial purposes is the principle purpose of this body of law.

Uniform federal law does not currently protect the individual's right of publicity but there have been increasing demands for a federal right of publicity law. Therefore, the right of publicity currently varies from state to state but either common law or statutory law in almost every state protects certain individuals from the unauthorized exploitation of their identity. While in some states the right of publicity is only applicable to a celebrity or public personality there are other states where the right of publicity applies to any individual. However, in a number of states the individual's right of publicity is only protected when the misappropriation of the individual's identity has publicity value - meaning that the individual has previously commercially exploited his/her identity. States have also reached different conclusions regarding whether the right of publicity survives the death of an individual. Generally, in those states that permit survivability it is only permitted for celebrities but even these states differ on how long the right of publicity survives for the deceased celebrity.

Some commentators and states still continue to refer to the unauthorized appropriation of an individual's identity as an invasion of the right of privacy. However, these two bodies of law are usually distinguished as follows. While the right of publicity provides the individual with a property right in his/her identity, the right of privacy protects an individual from the emotional anguish resulting from the publication of private facts that are embarrassing, intimate or portray someone in a false light that is highly offensive. The right of publicity must also be distinguished from defamation in that defamation involves the publication of untruthful information while right of publicity claims usually result from the publication of truthful information.

Who is a Celebrity or Public Personality?

It should not be surprising that most cases involving right of publicity claims involve celebrities or public personalities however; this is probably more a condition of the economics of litigation than the legal rights involved. Any definition of the term "celebrity" is not definitive and is necessarily vague. Frequently a celebrity is defined as a "famous or well-known person". But what determines whether an individual is a well-known or famous person? Some of the difficulties in establishing whether one is a celebrity and therefore protected by the right of publicity include the following. (1) Timeframe - if you are recognized as a celebrity do you always remain a celebrity? (2) Location - if you are recognized as a celebrity in Brazil does that mean you are also a celebrity in the United States? What if you are famous in Colorado does that mean you are famous throughout the United States? (3) Taste - if you are recognized as a celebrity in classical music circles what is your status according to rock music fans? (4) Professional or business specialty, if you are a famous medical doctor, author or artist, does this mean you are a celebrity outside your specialty?

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Worst. Advice. Ever.

LOL. Genius in its brevity.