Corn Feed: James W. Conradt sued…by Oklahoma paper

Can we all take a deep breath?

Ok, here is the latest of Darth Husker’s legal problems:

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The Oklahoma Publishing Co., which publishes the Oklahoman newspaper and newsok.com Web site, filed a civil lawsuit Monday against James W. Conradt, a Nebraska football fan who works as a service manager for UT’s information technology department.

The 10-count civil lawsuit accuses Conradt of libel, copyright violations and trademark infringements. It seeks unspecified financial damages.

Conradt, 36, used a template from the newspaper’s Web site to publish a fake article on the Internet on July 9 that stated OU quarterbacks Sam Bradford and Landry Jones had been arrested for intent to distribute cocaine, the lawsuit alleges.

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Landry Jones father is also expected to file suit against Conradt.

HG Take: We think Darth Husker’s actions clearly show that he needs a hobby. We also don’t really find the humor in the ‘parody.’

That being said, we are surprised how far this has gone. Are lawsuits really necessary at this point? Does anyone out there really believe the fake Sam Bradford and Landry Jones story? If anything, Darth Husker’s misdeed’s have received far more attention than the original phony article. He has also been skewered from across the country, from OU and Nebraska fan sites alike, and on HG on this classic post.

And I’m sure this has been extremely difficult on this family.

He’s guilty of bad judgment and a bad sense of humor.

But, I think it’s time we chill out and consider the public humiliation of James W. Conradt appropriate punishment for his misbehavior.

Footnote: We’ve tried to contact Darth Husker to see if he has any letter of apology he’d like to post. The best we could find was this statement on his site:

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There was a fake news story posted for a few hours Wednesday at this location that was intended to be a joke
about Oklahoma football. A link to this site was posted on a Husker fan discussion board. I have decided to take
down my entire Husker site.

I am sorry for any trouble this has caused.

Please consider this to be an official retraction and correction. If you see a link to this page referencing
the previous story, please ask to have it removed. Thank you.

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