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FunkyJunk wants $20k from TheOatmeal!

FunkyJunk has a shitload of comics uploaded from The Oatmeal on their site and makes money off them. When TheOatmeal bitched about it they took some down but now say that since TheOatmeal blogged about their images being jacked that TheOatmeal has defamed FunkyJunk and they want $20k to go away. :321GFY

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FunnyJunk is threatening to file a federal lawsuit against me unless I pay $20,000 in damages
Remember FunnyJunk? Almost exactly a year ago I published a blog post about my comics being stolen, re-hosted, and monetized on FunnyJunk's website. The owner of the site responded and some of the comics were taken down, He still had a ton of my comics hosted without credit, but the energy it would take to get him to take them down wasn't worth it. I thought the issue was done and over with so I let him be.

A few days ago I was served papers informing me that the owner of FunnyJunk is going to file a federal lawsuit against me unless I pay him $20,000 in damages. You can read the full letter here.

The owner of FunnyJunk hired Charles Carreon, a lawyer who became famous in the 90s after successfully litigating sex.com.
Charles does a bit of modeling too, apparently.

Full story: http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk_letter

Just read this. Hilarious.

Charles Carreon must have attended the Gideon Gallery School of Law

oatmeal wont load at the moment, maybe too many ppl want to reach it. ;)
btw theoatmeal rocks

Counsel suggests, "A shakedown, pure and simple."

Charles must be taking cases on consignment.

http://www.indiegogo.com/bearlovegood?c=home

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Holy shit $20,000 in 64 minutes! YOU PEOPLE ARE AMAZING.

damn nice :)

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Originally Posted by Paul&John (Post 18999882)

http://www.indiegogo.com/bearlovegood?c=home

damn nice :)

Damn, teh power of teh interwebs :thumbsup

Damn i wanted to donate since i hate extortion more then anything else but seems he already have more then enough money :)

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Originally Posted by KlenTelaris (Post 19000103)

Damn i wanted to donate since i hate extortion more then anything else but seems he already have more then enough money :)

last time i checked it was 82k now its 95k .. damn nice in 4+ hours

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Originally Posted by Paul&John (Post 19000117)

last time i checked it was 82k now its 95k .. damn nice in 4+ hours

$96,177 as of now.

amazing idea to make money.

It will be up to $100,000 soon. Amazing!

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Originally Posted by VenusBlogger (Post 19000130)

$96,177 as of now.

amazing idea to make money.

It is all going to charity.

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Originally Posted by DateDoc (Post 19000179)

It is all going to charity.

How do you actually know for sure? Really?

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Originally Posted by candyflip (Post 19000199)

How do you actually know for sure? Really?

How do you know your life is just not part of some other person's dream? Really? You might just be a figment of someone else's mind!

$100K raised for charity!

PS - the thread title should say FunnyJunk not FunkyJunk. My bad!

That is just awesome... It just goes to show that pointless cashgrabs don't prevail and that the content creator has value!

Forbes published a pretty awesome article about this situation...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertco...yjunk-lawsuit/

Money grab or publicity stunt?

In any event, The Oatmeal is not someone to be fucked with. Talk about being forever immortalized as a negative meme.

must have spoken to gideon for legal advice