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A legal dispute between webcomic ''The Oatmeal'' and content aggregator website FunnyJunk began in 2011.〔〔 ''The Oatmeal'' creator Matthew Inman alleged in 2011 that FunnyJunk users repeatedly infringed copyright of ''The Oatmeal''s original content. In June 2012, FunnyJunk's lawyer, Charles Carreon, sent Inman a letter demanding US$20,000 in damages from him, alleging the claims he made were defamatory. Inman responded by publishing the letter on his site, along with a response and announcement that he would be organizing a charity fundraiser through Indiegogo, donating the amount demanded by Carreon to the American Cancer Society and the National Wildlife Federation. On June 15, 2012, Carreon filed a separate pro se lawsuit ''Carreon vs Inman et al'' against Inman, Indiegogo, both charities and a hundred Does for allegations related to ''The Oatmeal''s response and related actions by other individuals. Carreon dropped this case on July 3 of that year. ''Mashable'' named the case first among their list of "silliest tech lawsuits ever."〔McClelland, Jo (July 12, 2012). (Top 9 Silliest Tech Lawsuits Ever. ) ''Mashable''〕 Carreon was also sued by the anonymous operator of a blog parodying him after Carreon sent letters to the site's web host demanding they reveal its operator. ==Background== FunnyJunk is a website where users can upload content they find humorous. According to ''Ars Technica'', key FunnyJunk personnel are Bryan Durel and Benjamin Bunker.〔Anderson, Nate (July 17, 2012). (Finding the mystery man behind FunnyJunk. ) ''Ars Technica''〕 In 2010, ''The Oatmeal'' creator Matthew Inman found that FunnyJunk was distributing copies of comics from his website without permission. He sent e-mails, resulting in removal of some but not all of the comics, and subsequently discontinued attempts at removal. In May 2011, Inman made a post on ''The Oatmeal''s blog against FunnyJunk and contemplating a cease and desist under the DMCA (see Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act).〔〔 The FunnyJunk owner known simply as "Admin" responded with a message to all users claiming that “the Oatmeal wants to sue funnyjunk and shut it down! He thinks we're nothing more than dirty content thieves...Contact Oatmeal anyway you can!" and provided links to ''The Oatmeal''s e-mail and Facebook page.〔 This triggered spamming by FunnyJunk users and a flame war with ''The Oatmeal'' readers.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Oatmeal and FunnyJunk legal dispute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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