Recently a fellow Bengals blog has been threatened with legal action by the Cincinnati Bengals.

I have looked over the issue and the backlash and these are my thoughts.

1. While I agree that sometimes corporations go to far using the law to bully smaller organizations, I don't believe the Cincinnati Bengals are at fault in this issue.

2. Copyrighted content was blatantly used in the promotion of a non authorized site.

3. Bengals merchandise was being used as a tool to gain revenue for the site.

4. The writer is the one with the issues against the Bengals (and has since declared his allegiance to the browns) not the site owners and they intend to continue to run the site legally.

The bloggers for the Bengals are a close group and I have personally met most of them. I think it is important for the fan to have a voice but I don't have the illusion that somehow people rely on the information we provide. If people like what we have to say great, come back, tell your friends. I am just not that interested in a legal battle or an uprising.