[inquest]

All the Onion wants is for their work to be read from their website.

And they're going to get a lot less of that because of their stupid control-freak ways. Simple as that.

[Diverdogz]

Perhaps they could have had a polite, kind explanation for why they must ask us to cease and desist, but I bet lawyers have a great reason not to do that.

Was it a good business decision? Probably so. When it was posted here, we had no reason to go to their site. Many freepers will now go to their site to read it anyway - so long as it is funny. Thus far, it has been.