The founder of Fark, one of the web's most popular and most puerile humor sites, says the property actually lost money in 2006. One of the reasons: Drew Curtis says he spends $150,000 a year on lawyers, and has built up a war chest of $140,000 in case of a serious lawsuit. "There is more money in the bank, but I'm just waiting to get sued. It's just a matter of time before somebody comes after us, and I don't want to be sitting there at zero." Mistake! A libel fund, advertised to potential plaintiffs, is like a tempting morsel dropped into a pool of rapacious piranhas.

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