Tag Archives: online

Jun 12

Lawyer demands $20,000, so webcomic raises $100,000 from the Internet

Last year, Matthew Inman, creator of comic The Oatmeal, took website FunnyJunk to task for reposting his comics without attribution. FunnyJunk eventually took them down but recently a lawyer claiming to represent them demanded $20,000 in damages. Rather than send … Read More

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Mar 23

MetaFilter Stops Sex Slavery

While I can’t claim I’m much of a contributor, I am proud to be a member of MetaFilter, especially when the community does things like saving two Russian women from sex slavery in the US. Online communities can be more … Read More

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