EFF files Harassment Lawsuit against Fuzzy Purple Dinosaur Barney

[Kristijntje]

- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit against the company that produces the Barney and Friends children's television program, saying it has harassed the creator of a Barney parody Web site with "baseless legal threats."

In recent years, Lyons Partnership LP has threatened legal action against multiple groups for allegedly violating its copyright and trademarks for Barney. In a lawsuit filed yesterday, the EFF asked the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York to rule that Stuart Frankel's online parody of Barney is protected as free speech...

Lyons Partnership has sent multiple cease-and-desist letters to Frankel for a Web page that includes a depiction of the fuzzy purple dinosaur as Satan. In an October letter, Lyons demands that Frankel immediately take down copyrighted images of Barney. The company threatens to take legal action or contact Frankel's Internet service provider if he doesn't comply...

full article: http://computerworld.com/action/article....ticleBasic&articleId=9002714

[regic]

a depiction of the fuzzy purple dinosaur as Satan.

He could be.  I've always hated Barney.  ;D

[kim]

Joy to the World Barney's Dead
(to the tune of "Joy to the World")

    Joy to the world ' Barney's dead
    We barbecued his head!
    What happened to his body
    We flushed it down the potty
    Round, and round, and round it goes
    Round and Round it goes
    Around around around it goes!

[rose]

[Anita]

Barney is so misunderstood.  :-*

[Sweet Girl 70]

I hate you
You hate me
We're a dysfunctional family

With a smack and whack

Barney hits the floor

NO more purple dinosaur!!


(My personal favorite)

[thentavius]

I think the writers of "This Old Man" should sue Barney for ripping off their original song to create the "I Love you, you love me..." tune.

;D

p.s.

My favorite:

I love you
You love me
I'm a purple dinosaur with no pee pee