Thursday, August 24, 2006
EFF sues Barney the humorless, copyright maximalist dinosaur
Derek sez, "Barney the purple dinosaur may teach kids a lot about playing fair, but his lawyers need a lesson in fair use. Yesterday, EFF asked a federal court in New York to uphold a web publisher's online parody of Barney as non-infringing protected speech. Stuart Frankel posted the parody on his website in 1998, and Barney's lawyers have repeatedly sent him baseless cease-and-desist letters over the last four years. Read the press release and complaint [PDF]."
Link, Link to the parody site
(Thanks, Derek!)
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