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To: Ellen who wrote (266)	4/28/1999 2:20:00 PM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Respond to of 3795

There was no intent to defraud. No financial loss. No harm, no foul. It becomes a First Ammendment issue. BW loses. ...Mezz - "There's gold in the Busang. BW told me so. Where's my attorney Bernie?"

To: Ellen who wrote (266)	4/28/1999 2:24:00 PM
From: Ken D	Respond to of 3795

RE: Ellen & parody defense Ellen, my take on that "legal opinion" (I put quotes only because I don't know if that person is actually a lawyer) was that they said that the www.webnode.com website was not a parody of BW and thus of no defense. However my understanding (and I'm definitely not a lawyer) was that the trademark infringement & parody defense had to do specifically with just the press release on www.webnode.com that BW told FBN to remove from their site. At that point (if I understand the chronology) FBN substituted an alternate press release that was a parody of the original. You'd have to ask the original commentator for clarification of their position...