PETA Website Owner Has to Give Up Domain
from the no-parodies-when-it-comes-to-animals dept
The owner of a parody site at peta.org which mocks People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals lost his court case. He's now supposed to turn over the domain, and stop publishing the site, which is for the (fictitious) group "People Eating Tasty Animals". I can sort of see both sides on this one, but I'm sure some sort of agreement could be made (a very clear and obvious link?).
Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
Reader Comments
Subscribe: RSS
View by: Time | Thread
PC hardliners don't like to be mocked
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: PC hardliners don't like to be mocked
Trademark != Copyright != Patent. I'd like to just ignore everybody who mixes these up, but then there'd be nobody left.
A parody word/phrase/name is a lot easier to defend if it isn't EXACTLY the same as the item being parodied. PETA attacks McDonalds with an
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: PC hardliners don't like to be mocked
PETA has their own parody, an Unhappy Meal. If they tried to call it a Happy Meal I'm sure McDonalds would have something to say about it. If the guy parodying PETA called his site pEATa then PETA wouldn't have a legal leg to stand on.
[ link to this | view in chronology ]