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Barney Surrenders To the EFF

Posted by kdawson on from the big-purple-capitulation dept.

davidwr writes, "Earlier this year, EFF sued the Barney the Dinosaur people for harassing a Barney parody web site. Well, Barney finally surrendered, err I mean, learned to share. For more, read the case history at the EFF site."

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  1. Why not? by BishonenAngstMagnet · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's their copyright, why can't they sue?

    Mod me to -1: Flamebait all you want, but I don't care. I think it's absolutely stupid when someone sues over a copyright violation (which they are more than entitled to do), and the entire internet community goes "omg, information/music/images/barney should be free, no suing." Now of course I don't necessarily agree with this particular case; it was stupid to be suing over a parody site, and I do believe that parodies have a certain level of artistic freedom, but they do need to tread the line carefully between parodying something and defacement of that something.

    Basically, I thought it a stupid case, but a perfectly legitimate case nonetheless.