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CNN Doesn't Like Being Spoofed

Posted by timothy on Monday February 3, 2003 @07:22AM from the littered-with-what-now dept.

scrm writes "After being online for only a week, the Fake CNN News Generator, a spoof of the CNN.com website, has been shut down after CNN sent them a threatening legal letter alleging copyright and trademark infringement. (Although the real reason is more likely to be because people were actually believing that the fake stories were true.)"

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Pop-ups galore... by retards · 2003-02-03 07:29 · Score: 5, Informative

.. if you go there. Better have a browser with brains or enjoy "Hot Adult Entertainment" ads.

How irritating.