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To paraphrase Barney, 'I sue you, you sue me...'
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.
A representative of Lyons Partnership said the company does not comment on pending lawsuits.
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.
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.
A representative of Lyons Partnership said the company does not comment on pending lawsuits.
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.
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