And Matthew Inman’s retort to attorney Charles Carreon is already assuming mythical Internet status. [Popehat, BoingBoing and more, Kennerly, Ars Technica, Lowering the Bar]
And Matthew Inman’s retort to attorney Charles Carreon is already assuming mythical Internet status. [Popehat, BoingBoing and more, Kennerly, Ars Technica, Lowering the Bar]
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Given the repetitive nature of this type of event, it strikes me as odd that some legal entity hasn’t put on a CE course about the ravages of the Streisand Effect.
Or, maybe these guys are believers in the “any publicity no matter how negative is better than none at all.”
Or, maybe their train of thought is, “Hey, I’m a lawyer, I’m above the law.”
In any case, it’s good to see that Bab’s namesake is still alive and well.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
When you are a lawyer…….
Spinning nastygrams into (charitable) gold…
Cartoonist Matthew Inman of the profane site “The Oatmeal” snarked at a for-profit site, “Funnyjunk,” where users regularly plagiarized his work without credit. In response, Funnyjunk hired an attorney, Charles Carreon, who claimed Internet savvine…