C'est evidemment un hoax. La confirmation (si il en fallait une) est sur l'edition de vendredi de www.gmsv.com :
John
Thanks for your recent mention of our :-( trademark story in your "Good Morning Silicon Valley" column.
It is somewhat unclear to me from reading your recent write-up whether or not you were aware that the article regarding the frown emoticon was a parody story. If you were aware of this, please forgive me for this email.
Your article does state that we are satirists -- but afterwards seems to treat the matter of the lawsuit as though it were not a satirical gag. This seems to have created some confusion amongst the readership of your column, some of whom have contacted us in outrage asking passionately for their names to be added to the list of those we intend to sue. Heroic gestures, to be sure, but ultimately as futile as grabbing the family shotgun to fend off a Martian invasion being reported by Orson Wells.
# A reclasser dans la section humour
Posté par Guillaume Laurent . En réponse à la dépêche Le comble du ridicule est proche. Évalué à 1.
John
Thanks for your recent mention of our :-( trademark story in your "Good Morning Silicon Valley" column.
It is somewhat unclear to me from reading your recent write-up whether or not you were aware that the article regarding the frown emoticon was a parody story. If you were aware of this, please forgive me for this email.
Your article does state that we are satirists -- but afterwards seems to treat the matter of the lawsuit as though it were not a satirical gag. This seems to have created some confusion amongst the readership of your column, some of whom have contacted us in outrage asking passionately for their names to be added to the list of those we intend to sue. Heroic gestures, to be sure, but ultimately as futile as grabbing the family shotgun to fend off a Martian invasion being reported by Orson Wells.
Best regards,
Justin Sewell, CEO
Despair, Inc.