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burning with rage, defensiveness ahoy, internet lawyers, making light, my reputation takes visa, squid brains

LITERARY AGENT SUES THE INTERNET FOR BEING MEAN TO HER. NEWS AT 11.
It all started with a list - a list of questionable literary agencies and agents. Unfortunately, someone named Barbara Bauer was on this list. This made her very, very, very, very unhappy. (So unhappy, in fact, she demanded A BILLION DOLLARS from several bloggers for her pain and suffering.) Why, oh why won't they fork over the dough? And why are they laughing? What's a poor, maligned literary agent to do? SUE WIKIPEDIA AND THE BLOGOSPHERE!, that's what. Hmmph. That'll show 'em!

Oops...DISMISSED! Wikipedia, you bastard!

(SRS BZNS ETA: I've received some additional info about the court cases that are still pending, which can be found here)

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	pfflyernc 2008-07-02 12:44 am UTC (link)
	Case against Wikipedia dismissed, there's a shocker! http://m.app.com/news.jsp?key=81411 (Reply to this)(Thread)

	llama_treats 2008-07-02 12:47 am UTC (link)
	Niiiice. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	out_bottle 2008-07-02 12:57 am UTC (link)
	Only dismissed against Wikipedia though, the complaints about the other 19 blogs and orgs still stands. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bigbigtruck 2008-07-02 01:07 am UTC (link)
	Y'know, I wonder if judges get a kick out of this sort of Stupid or just find it irritating. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	chibikaijuu 2008-07-02 01:17 am UTC (link)
	Including "an organization known as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America". THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	platedlizard 2008-07-02 01:51 am UTC (link)
	I'm guess at least some of the other guys aren't fighting it because they want discovery. I smell sweet, sweet wank in the water! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jupiterpluvius 2008-07-02 04:02 am UTC (link)
	There will be fighting. Lots of fighting. It will be beautiful. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	platedlizard 2008-07-02 04:19 am UTC (link)
	Preditors and Editors and Writer Beware would luuuurve to take her apart. Oh please, let there be Discovery. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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