Chick-Fil-A threatens to sue Attrition.org

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 08:00:54 -0400
From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
Subject: Chick-Fil-A threatens to sue Attrition.org
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>

http://www.attrition.org/postal/z/legal/chick-fil-a/

(check out our new image, which they are sure to love!)


Chick-Fil-A threatens to sue Attrition.org
Tue Apr 27 03:50:14 EDT 2004
Jericho

It's bad enough that the Internet has turned into a cesspool of litigation
masturbation. With technology comes new issues that make the legal
community redefine and re-examine laws and how they relate. Unfortunately,
the legal types are way behind the curve which leads them to irrational
behavior, namely in the form of hastily written legal threats over issues
that were clearly defined before this Internet thingy came around. A great
example of this is legally protected parody work which was established
before the Internet had an influence. Now that e-mail is cheap and lawyers
are too plentiful, companies are finding themselves threatening every
little use of their name on any site they can possibly find in a crusade
to "protect" their image.

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