...As [Brown University junior Ian] Spector explains on the site, its focus was initially on actor Vin Diesel, following the release of his movie The Pacifier, which came out in March 2005. Picking up on an online discussion board where people posted amusing “facts” about Vin Diesel, Spector created a Web site devoted to such postings. And by May 1, 2005, he reports, the site received 10 million hits. (Now it reports 200 million hits.)...

...That summer, Spector put a poll on his site asking visitors to choose — from among a dozen celebrity candidates — who should be the next subject of a “facts” Web site. To his surprise, Spector writes on his Web site, “more users wrote in Chuck Norris than voted for any other option.”...

...In his lawsuit, Norris seeks a permanent injunction against the book’s publication, and monetary compensation: three times the book’s profits plus lawyers’ fees and costs. Norris’ lawyers say in their court filing that “Spector received a significant monetary advance” for the book and under his contract receives a royalty from sales...

Full Story: Norris is not amused Source: Providence Journal, February 16th, 2008 Author: Bryan Rourke Added on February 16th, 2008 at 11:32 am, by Judy He