February
27,
2002
Creating a web site parodying Barney the purple dinosaur could be a lot of fun — until you receive a “cease and desist†letter from a lawyer claiming you’re threatening harm to Barney and violating his copyright and trademark.
Parody is typically protected under the law, but many Internet users, faced with these kinds of legal challenges, don’t know whether to “cease†or “persist†with their web-based creations. read more »
