Plagiarizing a Takedown Notice

Posted by Soulskill on Monday September 6, 2010 @09:40AM from the cheaper-than-paying-lawyers dept.

ChipMonk writes "Over at hobbyist site OS News, editor-in-chief Thom Holwerda published a highly skeptical opinion of the announcement of Commodore USA's own Amiga line. Within hours, Commodore USA sent a takedown notice to OS News, demanding a retraction of the piece and accusing the site of libel and defamation. What's funny is that the takedown notice was mostly copied, with minor edits, from Chilling Effects, a site dedicated to publicizing attempts at squelching free speech. The formatting, line breaks, obtuse references to 'OCGA,' and even the highlighted search terms were left largely intact."

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Re:sounds pretty libelous to me by Anonymous Coward · 2010-09-06 11:24 · Score: -1, Flamebait

OSNews _ONLY_ gets attention when they troll. It's the only reason they're still around, they're the Glenn Beck of the online tech community.
Unfortunately now that's come back and bit them in the ass, good. They've been running their mouths for too long without consequence, I hope they get sued into bankruptcy.