Westegg/News Corp -- a note from Steve Morgan

[James Love <love@cptech.org>]

ubject: 
       Re: News Corp
   Date: 
       Thu, 16 Dec 1999 15:59:09 -0500 (EST)
  From: 
       morgan@westegg.com (S. Morgan Friedman)
    To: 
       love@cptech.org (James Love)




        jamie love,

        i just received a phone call from matt haber
        -- the news corp employee and a high school
        friend -- and he clarified the situation
        for me. it turns out that his e-mails threatening
        a lawsuit were in jest. i have previously been
        threatened with lawsuits for very similar
        reasons -- IDG Books' lawyers made me take
        down a site called "Dummy's Guide to the
        Library" for infringing on their "Dummy's"
        trademark; and the University of Pennsylvania
        recently threatened a lawsuit against my
        roommate for creating a penn alumni site
        at upenn.net -- so i, based on this past
        experience with big corporations trying to
        shut down my web sites, interpreted his e-mail
        as being serious when, in fact, it was 100%
        a joke.

        i apologize for the misunderstanding.
        thank you for your interest anyhow!  
        it's much appreciated! :)
        morgan

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