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CNN Doesn't Like Being Spoofed

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Pop-ups galore... by retards · · Score: 5, Informative

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

    How irritating.

  2. Pop ups. by wzm · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I realize that this will get lots of "Use Moz!" type comments, but I'm at work right now, so it isn't a possibility. Spo0fed.com unleashed a slew of pop-ups on me, and a number of them attempted to install some sort of software. Slashdot seems to be fairly united in its hatred of pop ups, so why support them by linking to sites that use them in such an aggressive manner? I feel that its just as annoying as registration required sites, and should be avoided in the same way.

    I suppose I may just be on a system thats already been hit with spyware, and if thats the case, please mod this down into oblivion.