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December 06, 2002No jokeSpoof site closed down Lawyers acting on behalf
of Dow Chemicals have shut down the Dow Toxic spoof
site set up to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the Bhopal gas
accident.Verio, the site's ISP, received a note from Dow's lawyers citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Verio pulled the plug late Wednesday evening. The Yes Men, the politico pranksters behind the site, say they wish Dow would put as much energy into cleaning up the mess in Bhopal as it's spent on closing down their site. 'It's really funny, but also really awful how Dow. . . and Verio can just put sooooo much energy and creativity into making sure this little image problem gets minimized, whereas they can't possibly be bothered to do something about the basic problem they're faced with: DEAD PEOPLE. SICK PEOPLE. TOXIC MESS.' [Yes Men]. The Dow Toxic site is still being mirrored at: bhopal.doesntexist.com dow.is.dreaming.org dow-chemical.va.com.au It's not only Dow that doesn't get the joke. The Yes Men's spoof sites
specialise in stretching free trade logic until it reaches breaking point. But, mistaken for the real WTO, they regularly get
invitations to give speeches at business conferences.
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