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Jul 10, 2012 12:19am
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/charity_money
That's the result of Funnyjunk.com threatening to sue The Oatmeal unless he paid them $20,000. The reason they were going to sue him is because he pointed out that they were infringing upon his copyright by hosting hundreds of his comics on their site without permission and making ad-revenue off it. Clearly a frivolous case for them (http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk_letter)
It's worth a read because instead of paying them any money The Oatmeal said he'd (just one dude really) raise the $20,000 for charity and mail Funnyjunk's attorney a drawing of his (the attorney's) mother seducing a Kodiak bear and a picture of the $20,000 cash. Instead of that he actually raised more than $210,000 for charity and the pictures are hilarious.
That's the result of Funnyjunk.com threatening to sue The Oatmeal unless he paid them $20,000. The reason they were going to sue him is because he pointed out that they were infringing upon his copyright by hosting hundreds of his comics on their site without permission and making ad-revenue off it. Clearly a frivolous case for them (http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk_letter)
It's worth a read because instead of paying them any money The Oatmeal said he'd (just one dude really) raise the $20,000 for charity and mail Funnyjunk's attorney a drawing of his (the attorney's) mother seducing a Kodiak bear and a picture of the $20,000 cash. Instead of that he actually raised more than $210,000 for charity and the pictures are hilarious.
hoops23
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Jul 10, 2012 12:49am
Redditor.
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Jul 10, 2012 12:56am
hoops23;1222143 wrote:Redditor.
hoops23
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Jul 10, 2012 2:03am
If you raised that much after having a goal of 20k, would you honestly donate ALL of it?
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Jul 10, 2012 2:32am
Absolutely and he's also legally required to anyway. Dude has a pretty damned successful website as well so I don't think he's hurting for money or anything.hoops23;1222166 wrote:If you raised that much after having a goal of 20k, would you honestly donate ALL of it?
Glory Days
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Jul 10, 2012 8:20am
tl;dr