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Website lands in hot water as Wodehouse estate threatens legal action

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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20000203
Author:Charles Arthur

"I SAY, Jeeves," I asked, "is P G Wodehouse suing you?"

He put that fantastic brain into gear and responded: "I have answers to the following questions, `Who is Jeeves' and `Where can I find books by the author P G Wodehouse'."

Perhaps the people who operate the "Ask Jeeves" site (at www.ask.com) have not told their computers that lawyers for the estate of P G Wodehouse are on the verge of negotiating a payment from Ask Jeeves Inc - a Californian Web company that has become a $1.2bn (pounds 747m) business using the "Jeeves" butler character.

More than two million people ask questions at the ...

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