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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Clearly, by slimjim8094 · 2010-09-06 09:55 · Score: 4, Funny

The correct situation in this, as in all cases, is for the original author to issue a takedown notice. I bet they already have one on hand...

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Re:It Shouldn't Be by modecx · 2010-09-06 11:13 · Score: 3, Funny

Hrm. Lately, i've seen a lot more 'creativity' in contracts, EULAs and the such, than I've seen in many other industries.

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