what a P O S!!

Thank gawd the American public made a stand! No ONE liked this idea and I am glad the public out cry was LOUD and drove these slugs right back into the holes they came out of.

We front paged this issue over on The Weekly Vice as well. I dropped by to see how folks were reacting to this post.

Congratulations to everyone who stood up and injected a little moral clarity into a very twisted idea.

The product has been merely suspended, however, which suggests to me that he's still playing games with this whole idea...

This announcement seems all-too similar to the 100% profit to charity ploy he recently announced. There may be little or NO profit after all "employees" are paid - and there are a million ways to hide revenue under the guise of "expenses".

What irks me most is how he represents this as a "cause", often referring to the "Center for Missing and exploited children".

Well, you don't fight child exploitation by exploiting a murdered child.

Keep vigelant everyone. He's still playing games. I'd say he's letting the initial outrage blow over, with plans hopes of releasing the doll after the buzz dies down.

Games, and then more games.

Yes,TCR and since he said they didn't know how much it would cost to make the doll yet(on national TV no less) that would have left a LITTLE wiggle room in those expenses for some profits to hide before making any donations wouldn't it. This is just so transparent and disgusting! They obviously had made a doll and had a selling price so that just don't fly.
There is definately a spot reserved in child exploitation hell for this one...of course he won't be lonely....there will be plenty of others in the Caylee room.

You stay classy, Jaime Salcedo.

...and while you're dreaming up that next way to exploit a murdered child for personal gain, here's a little inspirational musing from the late, great Bill Hicks about people in marketing and advertising:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo

Just about says it all.

I say let him do it. I am not saying it is a good idea or bad, but I would almost bet he wont be able to make enough of them to supply the demand, especially not with the rabid "fan base" this story has gotten, not seen since the first OJ trial.

This little girl has been exploited by all forms of media since the day the story broke, driving traffic to scores of sites, including my own. While I am not one to start distinguishing the publicity-seeking bottom feeders who just want to use this murder as a way to promote their own websites from people just reportin' on the news, I fail to see how a stupid doll would be any less exploitive.

It certainly wouldn't turn this tragic story into any less the circus it has already become.

"Raise awareness??" All one has to do is turn on the television or their computer to get "awareness." What bull. You do know, however, there would have been plenty of people lining up to buy that doll...and not just pedophiles. The same people who claim that they can't stop crying about what happened to Caylee, or who build tribute pages to the little girl, or make Youtube videos dedicated to her...etc. I can guarantee they'd be buying that doll and then claiming that they "just wanted to remember her", as if they knew her at all. They all just need to let that little girl rest in peace.

Call me petty - you have already covered any of the "real" points I'd make... But can I just say this: I have a real issue with a toy manufacturer with such bad grammar issues. All those sentence fragments in the "suspended" message make me cringe!! This company purportedly has the best interests of children in mind, and yet, they don't have anyone there with an English degree? Or wait, sentence fragments get covered in 5th grade, no? I am so glad I chose not to have children of my own. I worry about who would educate them everyday when I meet teachers who make me wonder "wow, you went to college, AND you graduated AND they gave you a teaching certificate?" I am not putting myself on the grammar pedestal, but come on! This is a company aimed at children, and this "press release" (or whatever we call it) is riddled with poor grammar. Aside from that, yeah, the doll is in bad taste, no doubt about it. Thanks for humoring me this rant. =)

That was the ugliest doll I ever saw, obviously they threw together a quick generic doll with ugly hair just to cap on the case. IDIOTS!

I see your viewpoint Morbid. But I don't think telling a story is the same thing as charging someone to listen to it.

No one pays a premium to come read your stories - and you haven't built a whole site based directly on her likeness and character. You aren't formulating a product made to resemble her (without her family's consent).

To put it another way, I wouldn't care if a person wrote about me, but I'd probably have an issue if they created a Halloween costume out of my likeness and then sold it all over the country without first seeking my permission to do so. I don't believe the Anthony family had been given that option.

I see your viewpoint Morbid. But I don't think telling a story is the same thing as charging someone to listen to it.

No one pays a premium to come read your stories - and you haven't built a whole site based directly on her likeness and character. You aren't formulating a product made to resemble her (without her family's consent).

To put it another way, I wouldn't care if a person wrote something about me, but I'd probably have an issue if they created a Halloween costume out of my likeness and then sold it all over the country without first seeking my permission to do so. I don't believe the Anthony family had been given that option.

Has nothing to do with charging money, Danny, but everything about making it.

Let's not pretend that this little girl is any less tragic that the other hundreds of dead kids reported on every year. The only reason why this case is being reported on by so many different people has nothing to do with anything BUT traffic. Whether that be in the form of viewers for a television show, or clicks on a website.

If this was not true, the news, and crime sites in general, would spend equal time on ALL cases involving the myriad of murdered kids that the news glances over every month. This story is popular not because of a little girl dying as much as the characters surrounding it. A slice of the public is consumed by it, and the media will pander to that slice.

As for the Anthony's not having a say so about this doll, I don't think they had a say so in the increased add revenues the sites reporting on their family have gotten either. I don't see a difference. In both cases, money is being made off the back of a corpse. So to hear people upset about a doll amuses me greatly. But then again, I have always loved the taste of irony.

Morbid, I'd say you'd have a point if a news program, blog or website focused on Caylee's case exclusively.

If one were to blog night after night on the Caylee Anthony story, then yes, I'd say that person is making a living off her tragedy. Nancy Grace might know something about that.

But when a site features hundreds or thousands of stories - and Caylee just happens to be one of them, then I'd say the motive is notably different.

In that case, the focus is on crime stories - not Caylee herself.

Now if you were to make the charge that news sites and crime blogs are profiting off of misery or the sad state of human affairs....then I'd agree.

But directly exploiting one person right down to their very core - using their name, identity and likeness to market one single product? I think that goes too far.

There is one last thing that I think divides the two. The perception of others.

I think the way others view someone's intent is sometimes just as important as the intent itself.

If I feature Caylee's story twice in a year. I give off a different impression than I would if I featured it nonstop.

Jaime stated in his blog that he was open to feedback, so he can't really complain when he gets it. Surely we can both agree on that.

Thanks for updating this Steve. I agree with most of the posts on here, they are not canceling the sales, but merely waiting until the heat is off and then will release the dolls. I have been wrapped up with this case from the beginning, as I have with many others that you, and the Dreamin Demon post (I'm Kratesis on that site), and it just makes me sick that this girl is being commercialized when so many other children die unnoticed by our society. Besides, who wants a baby doll of a dead kid? CREEPY!

They are changing their agenda by the minute. We all know the true agenda though. Check out their latest grammar hell and see ALL the things for sale...

http://www.cayleedoll.com/

Morbid, I think that's where we differ. This isn't an issue of making money to me. It's an issue of how others are going to be effected by it.

I think sometimes the way people translate what you're doing is as important as what your real intent is.

Most people understand that the media is going to cover a story if it's news worthy. People also expect that bloggers will likely going to write and comment about a story, if people seem to care about it.

But creating a toy that uses a murder victim's specific identity ALONE to make a profit? I just think most people will view that as going too far.

A mountain and an anthill are both made from dirt...but they both serve two completely different purposes. A news broadcast and a retail toy are equally as different (imho)

Besides, didn't Jaime express interest in gaining feedback about his product? Well, he's certainly getting it.

Oh the irony… All the bloggers and media jackals, who have been cashing in on the Caylee case themselves to garner more viewers, are outraged. How dare somebody (else) try to cash in on the death of this beautiful little baby girl… True Crime Report has published over 30 ‘articles’ about the case, each one laden with revenue generating ads. So True Crime Report, to which charity are you donating all of your proceeds from your articles about the case? Nancy, the hag, Grace has dedicated hundreds of hours to this case - which charity is she and CNN donating those proceeds to? “Many of us believe that wrongs aren’t wrong if it’s done by nice people like ourselves.” - Author Unknown “A hypocrite is in himself both the archer and the mark, in all actions shooting at his own praise or profit.” - Thomas Fuller “One should examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.” - Moliere “The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.” - Jane Addams “Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.” - Mark Twain “The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.” - André Gide “Live truth instead of professing it.” - Elbert Hubbard

I think the Hypocrisy of CNN, The media and True Crime Report has finally been exposed. You are pushing Mr Anthony to suicide. None of this is because of the Doll. Even articles like this, with journalist opinion interjected, is shameless. report the news, we dont want your opinion. We the American people want justice . The American Constitution requires it. I pray this women did not do these heinous crime, but if she did the American justice system along with her creator will get the final word. Get a backbone and stand for what you believe and not for what CNN or the media tells you. I am disgusted by the coverage of this story. I will buy a HOPE doll, and give to Charity, in HOPEs that Americans like you, will stop feeding like vultures on the horrific details of this case .

FYI. I just went to their website and it seems as if the dolls are for sale. Suspension over.

Good God James. What the was that?

I'd agree with being a somewhat fatigued by the endless Nancy Grace segments about the case. But why would you care if you weren't on that channel watching it? And why would you be here commenting if you yourself weren't actively participating in the discussion?

And now you say you're going to buy a doll to ENCOURAGE the very hypocricy you claim to hate so much?

Isn't that sort of like saying you hate peanuts, but then buying a whole shopping cart of jiffy peanut butter?

Please put the crack pipe down and slowly step away.

YOUR ARE A SICK BASTARD TRYING TO CASH IN A A MURDERED LITTLE GIRL BY HER OWN MOTHER!! AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR YOUR MUST BE TOO!!!

Now this scum bag is trying to sell his ripped off vick dog chew toy idea on eBay for 25K. He is also selling buyers personal information as part of the deal! Jaime Salcedo has been contacted by UF, the NCAA and other major Colleges for his illegal sale of non-licenced merchandise that represent the logo's of colleges and their players. He is a fraud, he IS his own marketing team, the disgusting idea to try and profit from a terrible tragedy was HIS OWN idea. Check rip off report and run a background check and you will see get all you need to know about Jaime Salcedo.

hi my name is cameron and i have 4 kids i 14,12,8,and 4 and if i ever lost my 4 year old or any of my kids i would be very upset and wouldnt wait like a month until i told somebody about the missing child i mean casey anthony is a sick idiot i mean who could kill a innocent little girl whatever happened to caylee may she rest in peace and whatever happens to casey i hope she suffers!!!!!!!