Remember that New York City businessman that was chased down Fifth Avenue by Sasha Baron Cohen in Borat? Me neither, but he feels his civil rights were violated and he suffered public ridicule, The Smoking Gun is reporting. Jeffrey Leonard, age 31, claims he was fleeing in terror, when all Borat wanted was a hug. Guess he wasn’t feeling the love.

It appears that online video hub Broadcaster.com has drawn the protests of 20th Century Fox for their internet parody of “The Simpsons.”

Broadcaster Inc.’s parodies include three video clips of “The O.J. Simpson’s,” a parody that re-imagines the popular Fox series with O.J. Simpson as the star.

The company is reviewing Fox’s demands, but believes they are safe under the fair-use doctrine, which protects parodies.

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