This afternoon, I received an e-mail from Yahoo! Website Services
(formerly SimpleNet) stating that my Web account has been suspended,
and that I have 72 hours to bring it into compliance with Yahoo!'s TOS
or it will be cancelled.  The reason?  "Intellectual property
infringement," with the name and number of MTV's legal counsel.

I guess it was only a matter of time, eh?  I'm going to try to get in
touch with MTV's counsel this evening to see exactly what's going on.
If I can do anything to keep OD up, I'll do it.  Otherwise, you should
consider OD to be the latest casualty of corporate greed and
short-sightedness.

(Note that this will not affect my continued enjoyment of "Daria," nor
will it diminish my involvement in fandom.  However, it most likely
*will* leave a sour taste in my mouth that will take a long, long time
to go away.  Certainly, I'm never again going to stick my neck out to
this extent for something that I enjoy, not if it means getting my
head chopped off.)

More to come...

Martin
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