Sungenis v. Tarsax [1]

Paul Tarsax, who blogs on a site called Catholic Anti-Defamation League [2], created and posted a video on YouTube that contained edited footage of Robert Sungenis, the founder of Catholic Apologists International (CAI), making controversial statements about Jews together with images from the holocaust.

On September 22, 2007, Tarsax received a cease-and-desist demand [3] from Colin Andrews, Esq., purportedly a lawyer for CAI, which Tarsax posted on his blog [4]. The demand states that the video is libelous and unless it is removed, CAI would "register a legal complaint with Youtube authorities as well as file a lawsuit against you."

Tarsax ignored the demand, but YouTube later removed the video. Tarsax says this was because Sungenis's statements were too graphic and upsetting, while Sungenis states it was because he had complained to YouTube that the video was libelous. Tarsax reposted the video, this time on Google Video and on his blog [5], where it remains as of May 22, 2008.