Thanks for alerting me to this. I've been wasting far too much time recently on reading wank, so I'm not going to read all the posts about this, but...
I've never heard of this website, so can't really say much about its content, other than those few Google cached pages you linked to. Neither struck me as particularly funny or satirical, but also not as something that warrants a C&D letter.
My guess would be that the site also contained copyrighted imagery (photos, videos) that was being used without permission (as fan sites are wont to do). It's far more likely that that, probably in combination with the content, triggered the C&D letter. Also, I seriously doubt Jensen does even know about this. It sounds like a typical lawyer/agent decides to Google his client's name, runs into the site, doesn't 'get' the funny (neither do I, for that matter), wants to take action, sees copyrighted stuff being used, and voila, C&D.
From a business viewpoint, probably a wise move indeed. From a fan-relations viewpoint, perhaps not so much. At the very least (but who knows, that might have happened...) a friendly e-mail to ask the site be taken down/changed might've been a better first move.
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I've never heard of this website, so can't really say much about its content, other than those few Google cached pages you linked to. Neither struck me as particularly funny or satirical, but also not as something that warrants a C&D letter.
My guess would be that the site also contained copyrighted imagery (photos, videos) that was being used without permission (as fan sites are wont to do). It's far more likely that that, probably in combination with the content, triggered the C&D letter. Also, I seriously doubt Jensen does even know about this. It sounds like a typical lawyer/agent decides to Google his client's name, runs into the site, doesn't 'get' the funny (neither do I, for that matter), wants to take action, sees copyrighted stuff being used, and voila, C&D.
From a business viewpoint, probably a wise move indeed. From a fan-relations viewpoint, perhaps not so much. At the very least (but who knows, that might have happened...) a friendly e-mail to ask the site be taken down/changed might've been a better first move.
And um, that got longer than intended...