Fox loses arguement

Hilarious article on CNN (a relative rarity) concerning the big hubbub surrounding Fox's suing of Al Franken for alleged copyright infringement for using their tag line 'Fair and Blanced' in a humorous way in his new book's title: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: a Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.
It's a real dig piece:
"U.S. District Judge Denny Chin, after listening to about half an hour of oral arguments, said the lawsuit was "wholly without merit, both factually and legally."

The 377-page book, which originally had a late September release date, went on sale Thursday. It has reassumed the No. 1 position on Amazon.com's bestseller list.

Fox objected especially to its cover, which displays the "fair and balanced" phrase in its subtitle and an unflattering photograph of the news channel's most popular host, Bill O'Reilly. It argued that the cover layout "is likely to cause confusion among consumers as to the origin and sponsorship of the book."
"Floyd Abrams, representing Franken, said that under the First Amendment, "a book is allowed to criticize a holder of a trademark and mock a trademark as well."

Abrams said the big word "lies" over the photo was a signal that the cover was "obviously tongue-in-cheek."

"There is no way a person not completely dense would be confused by this cover to think that Fox is accusing Bill O'Reilly of being a liar," he said. "There is nothing confusing about this." "
Love it