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Finding the mystery man behind FunnyJunk

Last month's legal faceoff between Tucson lawyer Charles Carreon and online cartoonist Matt Inman devolved quickly into a sideshow, but it was spurred by a quite serious  initial letter asking for $20,000 in...

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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 Net News 2 Comments

The Oatmeal mails pics of cash, Kodiak bear seduction to lawyer

The package destined for Charles Carreon. Matt Inman The FunnyJunk/Oatmeal/Carreon circus—which raised issues of online defamation, copyright compliance, "cyber-vandalism," and the ethics of online fundraising, and which drew in groups as disparate as...

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Tuesday, July 10th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Carreon claims victory, drops his lawsuit against The Oatmeal et al.

Previous court rulings have found that satire of trademark holders, such as Charles Carreon, is legal. Carreon dropped his lawsuit against the Oatmeal and its conspirators, but not without proclaiming his own victory....

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Wednesday, July 4th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Copyright Used to Censor Enbridge Pipeline Satirical Criticism

A cartoonist is currently witnessing what is commonly referred to as the Streisand effect. Over the last week, a cartoonist released a satirical criticism of the Enbridge pipeline advertisement. At one point, the...

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Saturday, June 30th, 2012 Net News No Comments