Ex-coworker Justin received a hilarious cease and desist letter based on his parody of an ex-gay movement billboard. Great explanation of the failings of wikipedia as a source of legal advice:
You appear to believe that the stolen image is exempt from federal intellectual property laws as a ‘parody’ due to ‘fair use.’ Unfortunately, the intricacies of federal law cannot adequately be covered on ‘Wikipedia’ due to the variety of facts addressed by courts in numerous cases.
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You know, I really haven’t brought enough attention to that fact that the law firm actually mentioned “Wikipedia” in the letter. Talk about Oh well. In the other cease-and-desist letter they sent out, they called it a dictionary. Heh.