Funnyjunk threaten to sue Oatmeal for criticism
FunnyJunk is threatening to sue Matthew Inman, creator of The Oatmeal, for $20,000 in federal court. His offense? Criticizing FunnyJunk, and making fun of it for its relentless, unauthorized monetization of his and others’ work.Inman first lampooned FunnyJunk last year, after discovering its users had scraped most of his own website; in return, he received a sneering response that exhorted FunnyJunk’s fans to “contact” Inman. But the boot was soon on the other foot: The Oatmeal’s comic retort was so widely linked—because it was funny—that it is now among the highest-ranking results when you search for FunnyJunk itself.
Funnyjunk SUCK.