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Funnyjunk lawyer sues cartoonist Funnyjunk stole content from, and charities he fundraises for
This behaviour is making Righthaven look like a model of restraint when it comes to suing.
Carreon, the Tucson-based lawyer who represents the user-generated site FunnyJunk.com, tells The Post's Comic Riffs that he is suing Inman — the Seattle-based creator of the popular webcomic "The Oatmeal" — in a skirmish between the two websites that has spawned accusations of content theft, claims of defamation and a charity drive hosted by Indiegogo.com that has already raised more than $175,000 this month from Inman fans, with a week still to go.
Carreon tells The Post that he filed his complaint Friday with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in the Bay Area, claiming trademark infringement, cyber-vandalism and false personation, and challenging Inman's "Bear Love" charitable fundraiser, which says money raised will be donated to the American Cancer Society and the Reston, Va.-based National Wildlife Federation. Carreon says his federal lawsuit names as defendants not only Inman and Indiegogo, but also the wildlife and cancer organizations.
Carreon, who is named as the plaintiff, alleges that Inman is not qualified to be a charitable fundraiser, stating that Inman and the San Francisco-based Indiegogo “are not registered with the Attorney General’s Registry of Charitable Trusts.” The Arizona attorney says Inman's "Bear Love" campaign — launched this month after Carreon served the cartoonist with a letter on behalf of FunnyJunk.com, demanding $20,000 in payment for defamation after Inman accused FunnyJunk of content theft — violates Indiegogo's terms of service.
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In a blogpost on The Oatmeal a year ago, Inman first publicly accused FunnyJunk of stealing The Oatmeal comics, “re-hosting” them on its site and monetizing them. Generally, "I'm not one to combat piracy," Inman tells Comic Riffs. "If you want to post your comics on my site, just don't post 500 (of them) and just give me a link back."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/funnyjunk-lawyer-suing-the-oatmeal-cartoonist-inman-over-indiegogo-charity-drive/2012/06/18/gJQAbZhDlV_blog.html
Carreon tells The Post that he filed his complaint Friday with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in the Bay Area, claiming trademark infringement, cyber-vandalism and false personation, and challenging Inman's "Bear Love" charitable fundraiser, which says money raised will be donated to the American Cancer Society and the Reston, Va.-based National Wildlife Federation. Carreon says his federal lawsuit names as defendants not only Inman and Indiegogo, but also the wildlife and cancer organizations.
Carreon, who is named as the plaintiff, alleges that Inman is not qualified to be a charitable fundraiser, stating that Inman and the San Francisco-based Indiegogo “are not registered with the Attorney General’s Registry of Charitable Trusts.” The Arizona attorney says Inman's "Bear Love" campaign — launched this month after Carreon served the cartoonist with a letter on behalf of FunnyJunk.com, demanding $20,000 in payment for defamation after Inman accused FunnyJunk of content theft — violates Indiegogo's terms of service.
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In a blogpost on The Oatmeal a year ago, Inman first publicly accused FunnyJunk of stealing The Oatmeal comics, “re-hosting” them on its site and monetizing them. Generally, "I'm not one to combat piracy," Inman tells Comic Riffs. "If you want to post your comics on my site, just don't post 500 (of them) and just give me a link back."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/funnyjunk-lawyer-suing-the-oatmeal-cartoonist-inman-over-indiegogo-charity-drive/2012/06/18/gJQAbZhDlV_blog.html
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