Word: demon
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...Demon, the raunchy undergraduate humor magazine, has pulled a parody of the Betty and Veronica comic strip from its website, after lawyers from Archie Comics threatened to sue the magazine for copyright infringement...
Lawyers for Archie Comics claimed in a letter sent to the magazine last week that the Demon's use of the characters Betty and Veronica infringes on various copyright and trademark laws and has no protection under the First Amendment right to free speech or fair use laws...
...firm, Grimes and Battersby, L.L.P., demanded that the Demon remove the feature from the Internet and issue an apology...
...Although Demon executives promptly removed the feature after learning of the letter, they said they have not yet decided whether to remain in compliance--or to restore what they term "a parody" and begin a legal battle to assert their right to publish...
...Demon, which was founded in 1995 by Joshua J. Schanker, then president of The Crimson, and Sebastian Conley, is leaning against a legal course of action...