This website, its content, social media accounts, merchandise, and all associated materials (collectively, the "Work") constitute a work of parody and satire protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Work is a comedic performance piece, created and operated entirely by its author as commentary, absurdist art, and social satire.
The Work is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, approved by, or connected in any way to the late performer Andy Kaufman (1949–1984), his family, his heirs, the Andy Kaufman Memorial Trust, or any person or entity administering his estate or intellectual property. Any phonetic similarity between the name "Lobsty Klawfman" and "Andy Kaufman" is an intentional element of the parody and is not a claim of identity, authorship, endorsement, or succession.
Andy Kaufman died on May 16, 1984. The author of the Work affirms this unambiguously. Lobsty Klawfman is not Andy Kaufman. Lobsty Klawfman is not Andy Kaufman in disguise, not Andy Kaufman "returned," not a continuation of any Kaufman performance, and not a claim — serious, ironic, or otherwise — that Mr. Kaufman faked his death or is alive in any form. Any such reading is mistaken and is expressly disclaimed by the author.
Nothing in the Work should be construed as a statement of fact about Andy Kaufman, his estate, or any real person, or as any person's endorsement of any product, service, opinion, or position.
"The Andy Kaufman Award" and related marks are the property of their respective owners. The Work makes no use of, and claims no rights in, those marks.
Parody and satire of public figures are protected expression under the First Amendment. See Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46 (1988); Rogers v. Grimaldi, 875 F.2d 994 (2d Cir. 1989). The Work is offered as protected expressive content and not as a representation of fact.