Pompous Arses

One of my favourite web-sites 'boingboing' (based in California) (click on the heading to go there) has received the undernoted letter from a crowd of pettifoggers from London. It is well worth enlarging this document to see the kind of thing which passes for 'legal' communications these days. In fact it is nothing less than a deliberately threatening letter sent to a recipient who has never had any dealings with their client nor intends to. boingboing's response is characteristically combative and to-the-point - "I just opened a letter sent to Boing Boing from some fools at Baker & McKenzie LLP in London. The letter states that their client, Infront Sports & Media, "anticipates the possibility of unauthorized streaming and downloading of FIFA World Cup matches." The letter goes on to warn Boing Boing that Baker & McKenzie will be "actively monitoring your website ... to identify unlawful activity and will, if necessary, take appropriate action to ensure the protection of Infront's rights of those licenses." Oh brother. I don't even know what the FIFA World Cup is. I'm guessing its soccer, which I hate just as much as any other pro sport. Every editor at Boing Boing detests professional sports, and we would sooner stream a video of a crumpled up paper napkin in the corner of a room than show some jackasses running after a ball. The only time we would ever post anything about pro-sports would be to make fun of them. Baker & McKenzie, be on alert: henceforth, Boing Boing will be actively monitoring your website to identify dumbass activity and will, if necessary, take appropriate action to point out instances of wasting clients' money by sending out unecessary and obnoxious warning letters."