Comments on: FunnyJunk menaces The Oatmeal with nastygram https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/funnyjunk-menaces-the-oatmeal-with-nastygram/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:06:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: PointOfLaw Forum https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/funnyjunk-menaces-the-oatmeal-with-nastygram/comment-page-1/#comment-163329 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:06:23 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30448#comment-163329 Spinning nastygrams into (charitable) gold…

Cartoonist Matthew Inman of the profane site “The Oatmeal” snarked at a for-profit site, “Funnyjunk,” where users regularly plagiarized his work without credit. In response, Funnyjunk hired an attorney, Charles Carreon, who claimed Internet savvine…

]]> By: peter https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/funnyjunk-menaces-the-oatmeal-with-nastygram/comment-page-1/#comment-163165 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:11:51 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30448#comment-163165 When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

When you are a lawyer…….

]]> By: Bumper https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/funnyjunk-menaces-the-oatmeal-with-nastygram/comment-page-1/#comment-163002 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:29:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30448#comment-163002 Given the repetitive nature of this type of event, it strikes me as odd that some legal entity hasn’t put on a CE course about the ravages of the Streisand Effect.

Or, maybe these guys are believers in the “any publicity no matter how negative is better than none at all.”

Or, maybe their train of thought is, “Hey, I’m a lawyer, I’m above the law.”

In any case, it’s good to see that Bab’s namesake is still alive and well.

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