I do not think that the whole oatmeal mess has been discussed here on Tested at all but i thought that i'd share the recent chapter of Charles Carreon's folly, this time involving domain registrar Register.com bending over giving out private information (might want to avoid them for your domain names from now on...) .
I do not think that the whole oatmeal mess has been discussed here on Tested at all but i thought that i'd share the recent chapter of Charles Carreon's folly, this time involving domain registrar Register.com bending over giving out private information (might want to avoid them for your domain names from now on...) .
http://www.popehat.com/2012/07/02/oatmeal-v-funnyjunk-part-viii-charles-carreon-gets-sued/
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/funnyjunk-lawyer-parody-site-charles-carreon-com-files-suit/
http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2012/07/charles-carreon-digs-himself-even-deeperand-registercom-betrays-a-customer.html/
This thing is getting wilder and wilder.
For those who are new to this
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Over a year ago (the oatmeal does not have time stamps i believe)http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk
Early June http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk_letter
June 18 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/funnyjunks-lawyer-personally-gave-money-to-the-oatmeals-fundraiser/
June 18 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/angry-internet-lawyer-sues-the-oatmeal-bears-and-cancer-research/
June 21 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/the-persecution-of-charles-carreon/ (interview)
June 23 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/all-internet-feuds-all-the-time/
June 25 http://theoatmeal.com/blog/fundraiser_update
June 25 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/charles-carreon-just-wont-give-up/
June 26 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/funnyjunk-lawyers-wife-wades-into-fray-calls-critics-nazi-scumbags/
June 27 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/defenders-of-the-oatmeal-create-parody-websites-to-pick-up-the-fight/
July 1 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/funnyjunk-lawyer-aims-to-halt-distribution-of-bearlove-money/
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For further reading check out popehat's coverage.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/carreon-claims-victory-drops-his-lawsuit-against-the-oatmeal-et-al/?comments=1#comments-bar
"Victory"
I really hope that FunnyJunk sees a decrease in visitors from here on out....
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/charity_money oh boy
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To clarify this is actually his own money, the money raised has already gone to the charities i believe.