The Sandman gets nasty…
August 26, 2009 by cynthia
Just gotta share (and thanks to Jerilyn Marler for sharing the link on Facebook)…
BoingBoing is definitely on my top 100 favorite sites list; it’s kind of a hangout for nerds, or anyone who worships at the feet of Rube Goldberg. BoingBoing posted a video of a rock-the-baby-to-sleep system involving a CD, Linux script and a piece of string.
As usual on BoingBoing, it brought a flurry of comments ranging from “Satan will punish you for this, you child abuser,” to suggestions for making the code more efficient. And then there was this gem:
Dear BOINGBOING,
Our records show that you have now posted at least two (2) articles pertaining to getting children to sleep upon your web log (“blogospore”). As a representative of THE SANDMAN, I am afraid I must ask you to cease and desist, taking down said posts, pursuant to the USDMCA. THE SANDMAN has copyrighted the creative work of “children sleeping,” and while we appreciate your efforts to spread the amazing phenomenon of “children sleeping,” we are afraid that this constitutes an infringement of THE SANDMAN’s copyright over said work.
We appreciate your punctual response to our polite request, and, if you are interested in finding out more about THE SANDMAN, we hope you will pick up the newest book from THE SANDMAN, “Gunk In Your Eye: Stories of Sexy Somnambulists.”
Thank you,
THE SANDMAN, LLC
I prefer the wording to some of the letters I paid lawyers a thousand bucks an hour to write in my former life; the anonymous dude who posted this could probably make a soft living at it. I could point out that, actually, the letter itself probably infringes since there’s a popular comic book series called THE SANDMAN, and both the author (Neil Gaiman) and publisher DC Comics are pretty lawyered up, but that’s just being snarky.
Nice morning chuckle, anyway.
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