Not a Regular Cease-and-Desist, A Cool Cease-and-Desist

Phrases that are not often used to describe a cease-and-desist letter: “the best,” “hilarious,” “cool,” “perfect,” “super classy.” And yet that is exactly the praise that Netflix’s lawyers received this week, from a variety of media outlets, for going about that most lawyerly of tasks: telling people they aren’t allowed to do a thing. In […]

Comcast vendor sent cease-and-desist to operator of anti-Comcast website

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | hidesy) A Comcast vendor sent a cease-and-desist letter to the operator of “Comcastroturf.com,” a website that helps people find out if their names were used by bots that have flooded the Federal Communications Commission with anti-net neutrality comments. Fight for the Future, the advocacy group that operates the site, issued […]