Tagged: The Oatmeal

5:13pm

Tue July 10, 2012
Comics and litigations

How a lawsuit over 'Oatmeal' jokes turned into $211,000 for charity

In a lawsuit centered on rude internet humor, accusations of copyright violations and a counter claim of defamation, some undeniable good has occurred:  Two national charities will split more than $211,000.

That's the amount Matthew "Oatmeal" Inman raised from fans of his Seattle-based comic website in an in-your-face game of one-upmanship against the lawyer of the collector website FunnyJunk accused of stealing his work.

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