---
title: "Once More with Cease and Desist Letters"
date: 2005-10-20T11:52:32-04:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2005/10/20/once-more-with-cease-and-desists/
author: Les Orchard
tags: [asides, whedon, culture, copyfight, television, buffy]
---

# Once More with Cease and Desist Letters

<blockquote cite="http://www.boingboing.net/2005/10/20/fox_shuts_down_buffy.html">Fox has shut down a plan to perform a fan version of the Buffy musical episode, Once More with Feeling, even though creator Joss Whedon has asked them not to.</blockquote>
<small style="text-align:right; display:block">Source: <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2005/10/20/fox_shuts_down_buffy.html">Boing Boing: Fox shuts down Buffy Hallowe'en musical despite Whedon's protests</a></small>

Hey, look, it's another attempt to stop the [natural progression of released creative work turning into culture](http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/10/urban-birdsong-copyright-and-cores-of-culture).  Stick a few more fingers in the dike, while you're at it.

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