Hey, did you hear that there’s actually no legal action attempting to derail TechCrush before they have even had a chance to get some content out. It’s true! Apparently, Mike Arrington did NOT send out some vitrolic cease and desist letter. It was more like a nice, professional email suggesting that TechCrush might be infringing on a trademark or two, and hey, wouldn’t it be nice if we could just sit down and talk about our options. It looks as though an agreement was happily and amicably reached:

mid day, Sept 21: I speak with my lawyer. we discuss asking them to put a disclaimer on the site that they aren’t affiliated with techcrunch. I send an email to Lutz that says “Hey Lutz, Spoke to my lawyer at length today. How about a statement somewhere, preferably in the header area, that simply says you aren’t affiliated with TechCrunch in any way? If that doesn’t work for you, let’s keep talking…and there is no need to stop posting on the site…looking forward to more good content. Mike”

Wow. So, that’s it? No real controversy? C’mon, not even a spiteful letter? A bit of unease about how one side has handled themselves? No? All roses and daisies, huh? Well, I suppose that’s a good thing.

The best part about this whole situation is that Mike is really looking forward to the content TechCrush will be posting. Even though they won’t be working in concert with each other, it’s not like they won’t be able to use each other as resources for helping to keep this insane web 2.0 universe in check. And I for one am happy they both exist. Because honestly, what would I do all day? Seriously. Work? I think not.