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FedEx Cracks Down on Box Furniture, Citing DMCA

Posted by timothy on from the news-of-the-nutty dept.

nospmiS remoH writes "Wired is running an article about a guy with no money making furniture out of FedEx boxes. If that weren't strange enough, FedEx is going after him, legally citing the DMCA. Yes, the DMCA. Apparently they are not upset about the furniture itself but rather this site that he put up with pictures of his creations (pretty good work really). My favorite quote from the article, '...Avila clearly intended to operate a business from his website because he used the .com domain suffix, the "commercial level domain," rather than .net.' You just can't make this stuff up."

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  1. "You just can't make this stuff up." by MattGWU · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh, sure you can!

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    "These people look deep within my soul and assign me a number based on the order in which I joined" --Homer re:
  2. This is why every one cheers by blamanj · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...at the line from King Henry VI, Part II

    "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."

        -- William Shakespeare

  3. Get Off Your Knees by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 0, Troll
    What a load of crock. I work at the same UPS factory as you and it never gets even close to 95 degrees inside.

    Well, maybe you just don'e notice it as much, what with being down on your knees in your manager's air conditioned office...

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    "Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck