Security News > 2001 > June > FC: Mastercard lawyers threaten Attrition.org over satire site
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 18:00:07 -0400 From: Declan McCullagh To: politech () politechbot com Cc: Jeanne.Hamburg () bakerbotts com, jericho () attrition org, theresa.melody () bakerbotts com, staff () attrition org, sgamsin () mastercard com, ayde_ayala () mastercard com Subject: FC: Mastercard lawyers threaten Attrition.org over satire site Politechnicals may remember a similar war of nastygrams erupting in April over a rec.humor.funny posting that had fun with their "priceless" advertising campaign. Mastercard backed down and the joke remains online. Humorless Mastercard lawyers threaten rec.humor.funny newsgroup http://www.politechbot.com/p-01905.html Mastercard's suite of lawyers -- who really should find a more productive way to occupy their time -- also sued Ralph Nader and lost: http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/09/13/nader/ As always, I invite Mastercard to respond and clarify their position. I will forward their reply unedited. -Declan ********** From: security curmudgeon To: Jeanne.Hamburg () bakerbotts com Cc: Heathens , Sioda , Junk Yard Dog Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 00:37:22 -0600 (MDT) Subject: Re: INFRINGEMENT BY ATTRITION.ORG On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 Jeanne.Hamburg () bakerbotts com wrote: