Fake Chuck Westfall blog being shut down by Canon

http://fakechuckwestfa​ll.wordpress.com …t-down-notice-from-canon/

Announced in the ever so funny way.

It's not "being shut down" as your title indicates. As indicated in this news article, the Canon logo was removed from the blog as demanded and now the hosting company (Wordpress) is refusing to shut down / censor the blog as requested by Canon.

Although a parody, the blog has also been a source of news.

To expand upon this quote:

What in the heck is wrong with Canon? Do they really think that trying to shut down a parody blog is going to make their new 5D Mark II ship any faster?"

from the SlashDot article, I will say that I agree and would suggest that Canon stop wasting time worrying about insignificant blogs.

Instead, perhaps they should consider taking a few of those lawyers and puting them in the inspection area of the Research and Development Department. Perhaps a few extra eyes would have caught the black dots images that slipped by the R&D personnel and were posted on Canon's own website.

... not to mention the fact that Canon, by taking this action and publicizing the blog, increased its readership substantially.

And, as predicted, the joke seems to be on Canon:

http://fakechuckwestfa​ll.wordpress.com …b-thanks-for-the-traffic/