threat letters

Is anyone willing to share experience responding to threat letters in an online context? The situation is this: a large online archive of fiction (free for all to submit and read) -- with tens of thousands of stories -- contains one story that jokingly suggests harm to a popular children's fantasy character. The corporate owners of the fantasy character want the story removed. The archive owner doesn't want to set that precedent, since the story doesn't violate any submission guidelines. I would like to help the archive owner, who cannot afford a court battle, but I'm unable to figure out what tack to take.

Thanks,
Rebecca Tushnet
<tushnet[_at_]erols.com> Received on Thu Jul 20 2000 - 03:47:03 GMT