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Article: Jerry Falwell tries to shut down Internet critic. (Around The States).(Brief Article)
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- Church & State
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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An Internet website parodying TV preacher Jerry Falwell has led the controversial evangelist to try to permanently shut down the site.
Web designer Gary Cohn, of Highland Park, Ill., created www.jerryfalwell.com to chronicle and mock Falwell's speeches, fundraising letters and ultra-conservative positions on political issues. Sections on the site include "Jerry's Lies," "Faith Ba$ed" and "False Prophets."
In November, Falwell's lawyers filed a complaint against Cohn's website with the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, which regularly resolves Internet disputes. The group will appoint ...