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Clagzilla posted 20th August 2002

Why the change in name? To add my voice to the groundswell of support for Davezilla, a popular (and very funny) blogger who has been crudely targeted by Toho, owners of Godzilla®. Initially, Dave was intending to remove his offending ‘little dragon guy’, but is now sticking to his guns against this pointless corporate bullying, and good luck to him.

Toho have already lost a similar case against a manufacturer of black bin bags called Bagzilla and have certainly not won any friends with this current action. Can you spot the real Godzilla®?

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