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From Walter Olson's overlawyered.com (via J.L.): http://www.overlawyered.com/archives/01/june3.html#0625c June 25 -- Barney's bluster. After online joke site Cybercheeze ran an item proposing a variety of demises for the cartoon character Barney ("150 Ways to Kill the Purple Dinosaur"), it got this letter (June 6) from Barney's owners, Lyons Partnership, L.P., advising: "We have reviewed your website and have concluded that it incorporates the use and threat of violence towards the children's character Barney without permission from Lyons Partnership" and demanding that the item be pulled, to which the site owners fired off this massively rude reply (June 14). The 150 Ways to Kill the Purple Dinosaur joke list -- including remarks such as "Chopped up into pet food (Purina Barney chow)" and "OOPS! Barney shouldn't have soldered that propane tank while full" is here: http://www.cybercheeze.com/humor/list/31.html The nastygram from Barney's attorneys dated June 6: http://www.cybercheeze.com/info/news/barneysuit.html CyberCheeze's massively rude reply: http://www.cybercheeze.com/info/news/barneyreply.html Copied to Barney's webmasters, who is invited to reply to the list. -Declan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------