RewindIn a Strange developing story the FunnyJunk image site is threatening to sue popular humor site The Oatmeal. The war between the pair dates back a year when The Oatmeal accused FunnyJunk of profiting from its copyrighted images, but now FunnyJunk is demanding $20,000 to end a defamation lawsuit. The Oatmeal say they won’t pay and have instead gathered huge support from fans, who in less than 24 hours have donated more than $90,000 to Charity. Is there an interesting lesson in here for copyright holders?
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Last year Matthew Inman, creator of Humor site The Oatmeal, published a blog post where he offered his description of the Business Model operated by image index site, FunnyJunk.
1. Gather Funny Pictures from around The Internet
2. Host them on FunnyJunk.com
3. Slather them in Advertising
4. If someone claims copyright infringement, throw your hands up in the air and exclaim “It was our users who uploaded your photos! We had nothing to do with it! We’re innocent!”
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http://torrentfreak.com/images/bearlove.jpg
Last year Matthew Inman, creator of Humor site The Oatmeal, published a blog post where he offered his description of the Business Model operated by image index site, FunnyJunk.
1. Gather Funny Pictures from around The Internet
2. Host them on FunnyJunk.com
3. Slather them in Advertising
4. If someone claims copyright infringement, throw your hands up in the air and exclaim “It was our users who uploaded your photos! We had nothing to do with it! We’re innocent!”
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