eBay Thinking Of Suing Political Parody Site

from the e-gray,-indeed dept

eBay is apparently considering whether or not to sue California gubenatorial candidate Bill Simon for his eGray site, making fun of incumbent governor, Gray Davis, for responding only to those who make large political contributions. While the site clearly does look a lot like eBay (on purpose), I'm not sure they'd win a lawsuit, since it's a pretty clear parody. I don't think many people would confuse eGray with eBay. Of course, eBay is now doing the Simon campaign a big favor by publicizing the site - which I'm sure was part of the plan.
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    ::CORY::, 6 Sep 2002 @ 11:05pm

    Ooops

    I just bid $50 to bribe that Gray guy and you tell me it's not real ! Ugh. I wish the universe would hurry up and implode - I feel like a total ass.

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      alternatives(), 7 Sep 2002 @ 11:14pm

      Re: Ooops

      You should feel like an Ass. Californian govs go for 25K ... ask oracle.

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      • identicon
        ::CORY::, 8 Sep 2002 @ 11:47am

        Re: Ooops

        Well I like to start my bidding low and see where it goes. hehe Maybe $50 is a bit too low compared to $25k.

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