NY Times tells RGA to cease and desist

by: Jason Springer

Sat Jun 20, 2009 at 09:14:02 AM EDT

An interesting twist to the RGA attacks on Governor Corzine talked about in the Fix:

The site -- known as the Corzine Times -- is a near facsimile of the New York Times homepage layout, a similarity that has prompted a cease and desist letter from the Times to the RGA.
"The title for the site is designed to recall the world famous, protected New York Times logo, and the pages use the same fonts and layouts as nytimes.com in order to mimic its design," writes the Times' Deborah Beshaw, who is an administrative assistant at the paper according to her profile on LinkedIn.
The letter goes on to demand that the RGA "cease and desist any further use of the The Times' design, format and other intellectual property in any manner whatsoever" and, if the RGA fails to comply within three days, "all available legal remedies will be pursued."

The RGA said they found it amusing that the Times was standing up for the Governor and then went on to attack. So I wonder what legal remedies they are considering? You would think the site will get more attention and exposure from the NY Times recognizing they exist.

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Republicans completely misunderstand this, of course... (4.00 / 1)

The RGA, having received a letter from the NY Times telling them to cease and desist using their intellectual property and website design, decides that the NY Times is standing up for Corzine and puts the cease and desist letter on their website mockingly. How idiotic is that? They completely misinterpreted the letter. The Times didn't want them to shut down the website -- they just wanted them to stop using the design that they had ripped off from the Times so thoroughly and in such detail. Unbelievable.

I also find it hilarious that there is a section of the website accusing Jon Corzine of cronyism. I'm not saying he never practiced some sort of patronage, but if any of the candidates should be accused of cronyism it would have to be Chris Christie.

by: NJCentrist @ Sat Jun 20, 2009 at 15:08:18 PM UTC