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Entries from June 2006

The Chilling Effects of Legal Threats

June 20th, 2006 · Comments Off · News

On February 28, 2006, I received the following cease and desist letter as a result of satirical cartoons focusing on the shenanigans of a local Hawaii politician. The body of the letter follows:

It has been disclosed to me that you are the registrant of the domain names “BevHarbin” abd “BeverlyHarbin”, by which I am known [...]

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Politically Yours, Litigiously Ours, or Why the Early Summer Hiatus?

June 19th, 2006 · Comments Off · News

Regular visitors of The Stink know that we’re staunch defenders of the freedom of speech. Free and creative expression is the backbone of our American democracy.
Unfortunately the very people who should defend those rights for us are often too busy sending writing cease and desist letters from the comfort of their air conditioned offices, their [...]

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