>>>Hi Bruce,
>>> Thanks very much! This article included many of the haikus I used, but unfortunately not the one my former client objected to.
>>> I will keep searching.
>>> Thanks, Chaim
>>
>>Maybe this is too obvious, but have you searched the Google results of [computer error haiku]?
>>
>>e.g. http://www.infiltec.com/j-chaiku.htm
>>
>>Or even a distinct phrase of the haiku in question?
>>
>>From the Google results there is a lot of overlap, any FoxTalk haikus may have originated somewhere else.
>
>Just presenting the multitude of cases when these were published over the years, specially with extra ones which weren't coming from Salon, should make the case that it was a form of popular art.

Agreed. I can see how some of them (e.g. #2 from the link above) could be construed as threatening by clients disputing invoices, or their inventive lawyers.