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Legal Issues

by Mike Masnick

Fri, Sep 6th 2002 1:17pm





eBay Thinking Of Suing Political Parody Site

from the e-gray,-indeed dept

eBay is apparently considering whether or not to sue California gubenatorial candidate Bill Simon for his eGray site, making fun of incumbent governor, Gray Davis, for responding only to those who make large political contributions. While the site clearly does look a lot like eBay (on purpose), I'm not sure they'd win a lawsuit, since it's a pretty clear parody. I don't think many people would confuse eGray with eBay. Of course, eBay is now doing the Simon campaign a big favor by publicizing the site - which I'm sure was part of the plan.

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    Ooops

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    ::CORY::, Sep 6th, 2002 @ 11:05pm

    I just bid $50 to bribe that Gray guy and you tell me it's not real ! Ugh. I wish the universe would hurry up and implode - I feel like a total ass.

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    alternatives(), Sep 7th, 2002 @ 11:14pm

    You should feel like an Ass. Californian govs go for 25K ... ask oracle.

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    ::CORY::, Sep 8th, 2002 @ 11:47am

    Well I like to start my bidding low and see where it goes. hehe Maybe $50 is a bit too low compared to $25k.

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