Betsy Castro is Threatening Teenagers

Posted by thefunnystone on September 16th, 2008 at 5:56 AM
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Jason Castro's mom, Betsy, has now stepped up to an even more shameful platform that hurts kids. The Castro family was already mooching free flights off of the fans and tricking them into sending pictures of Jason so the family could profit by designing merchandise. Now Betsy is sending out a cease and desist to anyone who sells anything with Jason's likeness on it. If some big manufacturer was producing Castro crap, sure, it might be understandable. But Betsy is attacking little kids who are making things like charm bracelets for themselves and friends, most of which don't even have Jason's name on them. Also, a teenager designed a shirt for the Castrotards to wear to show their fan support (left), and Betsy is requiring her to stop making them for friends as well. You don't see the other Idols attacking teenagers for making low-grade fan items. This is just shameful, but it seems Jason's family are low-life, classless, greedy people, so it's not a shock. Betsy's message:

You guys need to support Jason by buying his official merchandise. It is illegal to make any type of profit on Jason’s likeness and image. Hope you can understand and respect that it is his hard work and dedication that needs your support. It’s like asking Jason to go work so he can pay for your tuition or rent? That just doesn’t make sense to me. Out of respect for Jason and his music, I am personally askin y’all to cease and desist any further sale of merchandise with his name, image or likeness. Thanks… Betsy Castro

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BeckEye
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 1:57pm
Joined: 20 Feb 2008

To play Devil's advocate for a minute, if this is just a post on a message board, has anyone verified that it really is Jason's mother who said that? I thought I had read somewhere else that someone had posed as her before. As for why someone would do that, well, "no life" and "too much time on her hands" springs to mind. But anyway, I could easily go to random message boards and say that I'm, oh, Michael Johns' wife and who would know?

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Rachel_M
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 2:05pm
Joined: 26 Aug 2008

Someone posed as Jason a while back on DDB, and it was proven not to be him.

As for someone posing as Mrs. Castro, that was a bogus excuse posted a while back to make it seem like she wasn't behind the suggestion of having the fans raise money to send Jason's girlfriend on a mission trip.

She DID post that message about ceasing and desisting with the fan merchandise. It was definitely her, and not another money-grubbing imposter.

HippieGeekette
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 2:24pm
Joined: 16 Sep 2008

I'm not a teenager, but I'm one of the fans who made Jason related artwork and was selling shirts and buttons on CafePress with my artwork. The items in question followed CafePress's policies. If anything had his name on it, it just said "Jason", not "Jason Castro". There were no pictures of him unless you count little drawings like that shown on the towel in the picture of the opening post (which by the way was not allowed on CafePress like that, the artist had to remove "Castro"). Stuff that just said "Dreadhead" or "Jason is my Idol", or could in anyway be tied to Jason was removed. I was a die-hard Jason fan before this happened, but its really rubbed me the wrong way. I wasn't making much money off it, but I should be able to sell my artwork.

ItsMeDeb
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 2:26pm
Joined: 20 May 2006

You should continue to sell your stuff on cafe press.

Fuck Betsy Castro. Fuck her right in the ear.

Rachel_M
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 2:30pm
Joined: 26 Aug 2008

I agree with Deb.

magooschmooz
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 3:11pm
Joined: 05 May 2008

I wonder if Jason's mom going to send out the death squads for the Quest of the Castro Grail. He is part Colombian so be careful. You may be found with a COLOMBIAN NECKTIE!!!

This cow makes me sick. Pray for someone to release the website domain. That sounds like the idea of if I dont move and stand still on the wall, they cant see me.

Smartie
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 3:33pm
Joined: 02 Apr 2007

Blaker, the teenager who designed the logo, owns the logo legally. Her smart parents made her copyright it. She's going to be discussing the whole thing with her parents, and realises that she's in the right. Her logo doesn't impinge on the Castro IP, so Betsy has no right to try to intimidate a child into giving up her property and rights.

Well done, Betsy. You're alienating the fan base already, before Bonghead even has a record deal? 

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smarterthanpickler
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 3:36pm
Joined: 08 Aug 2006

We should start marketing shitty stuff with Jason Castro's image.

What a dumb bitch. She scared away the 4 people who would've given a shit about Jason's ass in two months.

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Snotty
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 4:15pm
Joined: 01 Mar 2007

I bet Betsy was one of those Bridezillas who asked her wedding guests for cash, and made her bridesmaids dye their hair and go on diets.

azurebird
Posted: September 16, 2008 - 4:52pm
Joined: 29 Mar 2008

Hippie,

Who the hell cares what the Cashtro family says? This is YOUR art and YOUR work. This is bad as Paris Hilton and Donald Trump trying to patent the word(s), "That's Hot" and "Your Fired".

Jeesh!

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