The Wonderful Things We Find on the Net

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: November 4, 2005 10:23:33 PM EST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] The Wonderful Things We Find on the Net
Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com

[Note:  This item comes from reader Randall.  DLH]

> From: Randall <rvh40 () insightbb com>
> Date: November 4, 2005 7:13:50 PM PST
> To: Dave <dave () farber net>, JMG <johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com>
> Cc: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
> Subject: The Wonderful Things We Find on the Net
>
> .... and the lawyers who kill them.
>
> (from http://www.htdaw.blogsource.com):
>
> ==========
> Some guy who has better connections than we do put up a wonderful  
> site -
> http://www.bfads.net/, dedicated to printing pre-release ads and  
> rumors
> about the items major retailers are planning to run for Black Friday,
> the day after Thanksgiving, which is the start of the Christmas  
> Shopping
> Season and is far and away the biggest day of the year for retailers.
>
> You probably have guessed what happened next - attack of the lawyers.
>
> On October 31, bfads posted several pdf scans of the upcoming Sears  
> ads,
> and on November 1, news.com published this article
> http://tinyurl.com/8mluw, about the supposed upcoming major Wal-Mart
> sale (If the article is correct, Wal-Mart will be selling notebooks  
> for
> $398.00.  I'll buy one).
>
> That got him some attention.
>
> While page-views are the goal of vanity publishing like non-commercial
> web pages (full disclosure: and this blog), Attention is not always a
> good thing to get, especially when it comes from lawyers bearing
> take-down notices.
>
> Yep.
>
> Three days later, we see this on bfads.net:
>
> ==========
>
> As of 4:22pm, November 4th 2005, everything relating to the Sears  
> Black
> Friday ad has been removed from our site. Sears Attorney's sent our  
> host
> a 54 page fax with the message: "You have 48 hours." I haven't  
> actually
> seen the complaint yet, but when I'll do, I'll be sure to scan and
> upload every page of it. My host was kind enough to take a picture of
> one of the main pages which basically outlines everything Sears wants.
>
> Apparently, a Privacy Policy and Terms of Use page do nothing for a
> site. On our terms of use, we explicitly state:
> If you are a lawyer representing any of the companies we publish price
> rumors for, leave the site and go play outside. If you have any legal
> concerns, please email our legal team at legal [at] bfads [dot] net.
> The attorneys did not contact our legal team, nor am I willing to bet
> they went and played outside.
> --

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