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Random Thoughts – July 14th

Sports Illustrated Doesn't Like Guess That Ass!

(The Ass That Launched A Thousand Ships)

Reader Email

Dear Mr. Portnoy:

I am the lawyer for Sports Illustrated and SI.com, publications of Time Inc. It has come to our attention that you have posted on your website several photos of Maria Menounos taken by Chuck Solomon, an employee of Sports Illustrated. The photos are located at the following link: http://www.barstoolsports.com/article/guess_that_ass/2485/

These photos are copyrighted materials belonging to Time Inc. Your unauthorized use of the photos is copyright infringement in violation of the US Copyright Act, 17 USC Section 501 et seq. We demand that you immediately cease and desist all further use of our materials. Given the seriousness of this matter, we expect your response no later than close of business on Wednesday, July 16, 2008.

Sincerely,

Judith R. Margolin

Deputy General Counsel

Time Inc.

1271 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

(212) 522-3890

(212) 467-0873 (fax)

Congratulations Sports Illustrated! You have joined the likes of Spunky Productions in the only two companies to threaten us with copyright infringement. Does this mean we hit the big time? I mean Judith from SI.com emailed me 10 minutes after we posted Maria Menounous as our Guess That Ass contestant. She must be a reader or something? Seriously though what is SI.com doing worrying about the Stool and who we feature on Guess That Ass? There has to be better things for them to do than have their army of lawyers send us cease and desist orders right? I wonder what happens if I ignore this request? Do I get murdered? Do I get sued? Judith can take the inlaw apartment in Abington, but she'll have to pry the Astrovan from my cold dead hands.

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