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He flat out states he won't sue, which means funnyjunk will keep the content up. If he wants it to stop he needs to bare his teeth a little.
by lysol 15y ago
He flat out states he won't sue, which means funnyjunk will keep the content up. If he wants it to stop he needs to bare his teeth a little.
- teach 15y agoI really does seem like the admin of FunnyJunk is doing everything possibly (albeit unintentionally) to goad Inman into suing the site. He's complying in the most asinine ways (for example, removing all "The Oatmeal" comics... but only the ones with attribution).
- eropple 15y agoHe didn't remove them. He did a search and replace to rename any attributions of "The Oatmeal" to "the fag". Pleasant individual.
- crikli 15y agoWhat an a-wipe. I wish I was an attorney so I could offer Matthew my services pro bono. But IANAL, I'm a hacker, so I guess I'll just launch a DDoS attack. (I'm kidding. I write in PHP so I barely know how to turn on a computer; DDoS is way over my head).
- wazoox 15y agoThere are ready-made scripts for that, like slowloris.
- anigbrowl 15y agoI'd be surprised if he couldn't find an attorney to take it on contingency. The site's been around for a decade and scores OK on traffic rank; Ben Huh was able to get ~$30m for the cheezburger/lolcats operation so it's probably worth something...and that would be discoverable. Amusingly enough, funnyjunk.com has a very assertive list of terms and conditions, and looks ready to stoutly defend its own brand against infringement.
- mcantor 15y agoYour self-effacing "PHP programmer" comment surprised me and made me chuckle. Thank you for that!
- akkartik 15y agoMy reaction as well. I find myself in the unfamiliar situation of wishing I could help. And all I can think to do is upvote every comment on this page that mentions the f__ search-replace. That last bit is the most poignant part of the story. The operators of that site should go to hell (even though I don't believe in it).