From: Declan McCullagh (declan[at]well.com)
To: politech[at]politechbot.com
Cc: Jeanne.Hamburg@bakerbotts.com, jericho[at]attrition.org,
    theresa.melody@bakerbotts.com, staff[at]attrition.org,
    sgamsin@mastercard.com, ayde_ayala@mastercard.com
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 18:00:07 -0400
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


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