Archie Parody Site’s “Chilling” Note

So if I'm understanding the pair of e-mails and my own quick look at it, there's a livejournal account called Improved Archie whereby folks write in new captions for random Archie panels leached of same, for comedic and satiric effect. This site has now received a letter from the Archie people targeting one of those completed panels and a banner ad saying they violate copyright. So the owner has to decide whether to assert rights of fair use and risk the time-suck and potential financial penalty that could come with it, or they could wrap things up.

It's an interesting little story, although only tangentially comics. From one side of things, it seems these kinds of efforts exist not because they've gone through a rigorous legal vetting process but because those rights are assumed and companies don't really care enough if they exist or not to run around pressing the point. From another entry point, these kinds of efforts may cease to exist not because the owner/operator feels they've done anything wrong, but because they don't particularly care to embrace the hassle and potential cost of establishing their right to do what they do.
 
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