Look who got busted

[ComerPerro]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/985865/posts

Dear Free Republic,

It has come to our attention that you have published a number of pieces of Onion content at:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/keyword/onion

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/k-onion/browse

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/583819/posts

This material was published in THE ONION and the images you are presenting are being served by our servers. The material that you are publishing was published without permission of ONION, INC. Further, the material is copyrighted. You have infringed on our copyright and we, therefore, demand that you immediately cease and desist from any further use of the copyrighted material and remove the material from your website. In addition, you may not use the material in any other manner whatsoever.

Please understand that we anticipate your full and immediate cooperation in this matter. Also, please understand that we do not hesitate to enforce our rights in these situations.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Sean Mills


All I can say is, "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

And of course the freepers are pissed:

"Well, I have not been loking at the Onion for ages now. Despite the great bit they did right after 9-11, ( "Hijackers Surpised to Fnd Themselves in Hell") they have become increasingly whiny , anti-troops and Anti-America.
Worse yet, they just aren't funny any more.
I don't need their stuff. "


"Splain me something. They have to pay for bandwidth. And I bet their advertising doesn't cover their expenses. So aren't we SAVING them money by "hosting" the content here on FR?"



Well, thats what happens when you steal and break the law.

[Wolfman 11]

1. "it's only funny if I agree with the content"

what an enlightening sentiment

[MUAD_DIB]

2. Steal and break the law?

Why that's the republican American way/

[Don_G]

3. Accurate Source Of News????

LOL!!!

[PittPoliSci]

4. that's fucking rich!

damn freepers! mwhahahaha

[fofer]

5. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I love it! Couldn't have happened to a more deserving bunch. HA!

[TreasonousBastard]

6. You'll notice that...

those links are now empty pages.

The Freepers seem to understand copyright violation, or, perhaps, they just couldn't handle being beat up by the Onion.

[prolesunited]

9. You think they would have learned by now

Free Republic v. Los Angeles Times and Washington Post
April 24, 2001: The Free Republic Website has filed an appeal with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals from a District Court decision finding them liable for copyright infringement when publishing copies of news stories from their website without permission. Free Republic was sued by the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post and, despite their fair use defense, lost at the trial court level.

Check out the full text of the appeal they filed:
Appellants Appeal Brief provided by TechLawJournal.com:
http://www.techlawjournal.com/courts/freerep/20010416.asp

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

7. hahaha

thanks for the laugh. i noticed they complied.

[Hubert Flottz]

8. That strong onion brought tears to RimJob's afflicted eyes!

He needs an Afflic duck!

EDIT}}Why hasn't Jerry and Pat healed his nasty Arse yet? Busy workin' on Dick Cheney I reckon!