Matthew Inman never wanted to be a hardass. He just wanted to write his unique webcomic, The Oatmeal, but only months after he started the project, he began to see his work showing up—often with all ...

FunnyJunk.com is in the process of learning that maybe not all publicity is good, and that lawyers aren't always the best spokespersons. You'd think businesses would learn, having seen lawyers damage ...

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Last month’s legal faceoff between Tucson lawyer Charles Carreon and online cartoonist Matt Inman devolved quickly into a sideshow, but it was spurred by a quite serious initial letter asking for ...

Instead of paying $20,000, a popular Internet cartoonist turned a threat of legal action from FunnyJunk.com into an opportunity for a fundraiser. TheOatmeal.com owner Matthew Inman, 29, of Seattle, ...

More vital organs might also be MIA, as Cringely surveys FunnyJunk's growing list of legal claims against The Oatmeal Last week I told the story of how The Oatmeal, one of the primary reasons God and ...

Colorado is always well-represented on websites specializing in user-generated content — because we’re so damn funny! All of which makes FunnyJunk.com a natural place to find homegrown laughs. We’ve ...

What do you do when you've stolen content from someone else's website? If you're FunnyJunk.com, you sue them for defamation when they call you a thief In our “right-click Save Image As” world, no ...