Chamber Of Commerce Uses DMCA Claim Against Yes Men Prank Site

Courtesy Techdirt  Fri, 10/23/2009 - 06:30

There was a lot of news a few days back when notorious pranksters, Yes Men, set up a fake press conference pretending to be the US Chamber of Commerce , announcing that it had changed its controversial stance on climate change -- which had recently driven some large companies, including PG&E and Apple, to leave the CoC.

The fake press conference, along with a fake website and fake press release, apparently fooled some in the media -- including Reuters...

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