Two years ago, rec.humor.funny published a sick satire of the Mastercard
"Priceless"
ads (There are some things money can't buy, for everything else there's
Mastercard)
based around the Columbine tragedy.

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200 rounds of ammo: $70

Two ski masks: $24

Two black trench coats: $260

Seeing the expression on your classmates' faces right before you blow
their heads off--priceless.

There are some things money can't buy, for everything else there's
MasterCard.

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Today we received a "cease and desist" letter from Mastercard's lawyers
demanding that the parody be removed from our web
site, falsely claiming it violates their trademarks and copyrights, in
spite of the well established rules protecting satire and parody
from such attacks.

The letter can be found at

http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/price.html

Here, however, is my response...

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Web site hosting for anybody: $10/month and up

Threatening letters to people who satirize you, hoping
they won't know the law: $500

Reputation as giant corporation required to intimidate
small publishers: $billions

Supreme court decisions protecting parody and
satire from accusations of copyright and
trademark infringement... Priceless

There are some rights money can't buy. For everything
else, there's Mastercard's lawyers.