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Plagiarizing a Takedown Notice

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. mod up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Things aren't much different @ 20th Century-Fox... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When Josh was preparing for "Firefly" movie, "Serenity", for the future 'Browncoats', I quietly posted every episode the series had shown (secured in such a manor that they could not be 'lifted' from the server), prior to the release of the DVD set. The day the DVD set came out, I pulled every episode off the site.

    Also posted, in the same area, were every episode of the first season of "Jericho" (For New Zealand friends whom couldn't watch them on www.cbs.com, which were pulled as soon as their DVD was released), as well as the pilot episode of "Max Headroom" and the unaired pilot of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".

    The only 'Takedown Notice' I ever received was for the "Buffy" episode.

    Go figure...