DES MOINES REGISTER SINKS DISASTER RELIEF

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"I'd Throw You A Lifevest, But My Lawyers Won't Let Me"
Published 6/17/2008 by PB @ BON at Burnt Orange Nation: Front Page Posts
... The problem? Today they received a cease and desist letter from the newspaper, telling them to remove the video within 24 hours or face a lawsuit. ...

CURIOUS INDEX, 5/17/08
Published 6/17/2008 by Orson Swindle at EDSBS
... We’ll take our c and d letter extra-spicy, Ms. Hickman! You know, with the fancy ketchup. BHGP has their story here, Peter explains some of the finer legal points ...

The Des Moines Register Hates Flood Victims
Published 6/17/2008 by Brian Cook at FanHouse
... and provided some links for anyone who wished to donate to disaster relief efforts. The next day they got this from the Des Moines Register, which was the source of the video: ...

The Des Moines Register Is Finally Understanding The Interweb [Odd Flood Relief Measures]
Published 6/17/2008 by Will Leitch at Deadspin
... It turns out that even though the Des Moines Register had posted the video on their site, with embed code, they threatened to sue the blog for embedding the video. ...

HodgePodgelinks
Published 6/17/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (MariusJanulisForThree) at Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
... What happened when a newspaper website posts an embedding code for a video and then sends a cease & desist letter to a blog that posts the video?...Black Heart Gold Pants ...

Blog Jam: Dragon Out Yao Ming’s New Sneakers
Published 6/17/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... . • BLACK HEART GOLD PANTS was just trying to help Iowa flood victims. No need for the DES MOINES REGISTER to threaten legal action against something already legal . • FOOD COURT LUNCH isn’t playing games with Milton Bradley anymore - no, wait, ...

I Am Just A Simple Newspaper. Your World Frightens And Confuses Me.
Published 6/18/2008 by Run Up The Score! at Run Up The Score
... Nice work, gentlemen.

Priority mismanagement; Iowa fighting the flood water, and the media
Published 6/18/2008 by Mike 2 (noreply@blogger.com) at Zombie Nation
This has been just another example of what's wrong with this nation, and what's happened to it the last eight years. In case you (somehow) haven't seen BHGP's coverage on the 2008 Iowa floods, it gets even better. The Des Moines Register went psycho recently, bitching at BHGP for an embedded video. You'll see how ridiculous this is once you read it. So check it out below. Black Heart, Gold Pants vs. The Des Moines Register. 2008 Iowa Floods. Completely off topic, but I wanted to throw this in. Off The Tracks' running coverage of Purdue's ...

You're So Vain, I Bet You Think This Post is About You
Published 7/7/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Big Head) at Mizzourah
... for Eastern Missouri. Thanks to those guys, and at least our posting turned out a little better than their's did for Iowa. (F-You Des Moines Register.) ...