Another page or two goes missing.<\/p>\n
You can read more about this here:<\/p>\n
I’m not sure that’s ethical<\/a><\/p>\n and here: Orac<\/span> is on the case<\/a>. Bless him.<\/p>\n The BadScience<\/span> Forum<\/a> has more details and discussion as does the Randi Forum <\/a><\/p>\n A few more people looking at the issues raised by this:<\/p>\n Science and Progress<\/a> One or two very big US bloggers<\/span> picking up on this now…<\/p>\n *********************************************************************************** Dear Sirs, <\/p>\n Re Defamation<\/p>\n We advise Professor Dr Obi and the Royal College of Alternative Medicine. We are informed that you host the Quackometer<\/span>`s website (copy evidence enclosed). Our clients hereby give you formal notice that they are determined to sue you directly for the highly defamatory contents contained on the website should you fail to immediately shut down the website and delete all of the defamatory material relating to the Royal College of Alternative Medicine, Professor Dr Obi and our clients` lawfully registered Trademarks. <\/p>\n In case the defamation continues beyond 12 noon on Monday the 21st of January 2008, we are instructed to hold you fully liable to the tune of \u00a31 Million (One Million Pounds) per day [hooks little finger to mouth], together with additional punitive damages relating to the many months during which the defamatory material had and has been globally accessible via your server. <\/p>\n Kindly note that Google has already blocked the highly defamatory material from appearing on its search engines in the Republic of Ireland, and is currently in the process of extending the ban to other countries. <\/p>\n Please find enclosed photocopies of the two RCAM<\/span> Trademarks and a copy letter of Good Standing from the Company Registration Office in Ireland, as well as copies of these highly defamatory articles. Please provide an undertaking that no further reference concerning Professor Dr Obi and\/or the Royal College of Alternative Medicine is going to appear anywhere within the Quackometer<\/span>`s website. <\/p>\n Looking forward to hearing from you. <\/p>\n Yours faithfully, <\/p>\n Tanja<\/span> Suessenbach<\/span> LLB, LLM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I have now written to Ms Suessenbach<\/span> asking her to detail her clients concerns as a blanket attempt to close down this site and not give reasons is unacceptable<\/span>. Ms Suessenbach<\/span> has yet to respond.<\/p>\n 9pm 23rd Jan<\/em><\/p>\n I have just received confirmation that a researcher within the University of San Francisco Law School is now annotating the above letter as part of the chillingeffects<\/span>.org project. That should be interesting.<\/p>\n 10pm 23rd<\/p>\n A few more<\/p>\n Holford<\/span> Watch<\/a> jaycueaitch<\/span> <\/a>adds some commentary on the affair.<\/p>\n 24th<\/span> January<\/p>\n Apathy Sketchpad<\/a> dissects<\/span> the issues. And now Joseph Hewitt’s marvelous Ataraxia<\/span> Theatre is in on it too with
Legal threats and extortion to suppress the truth<\/a><\/p>\n
Rich Speaks\u2026
<\/a>No Nonsense!<\/a>
Ambri<\/span>–guous<\/span><\/a>
Thinking is Dangerous<\/a>
Rich Scopie<\/span><\/a>
Brain Duck<\/a>
Soberish<\/span><\/a>
Skeptico<\/span><\/a>
A day at the pharmacy<\/a>
Fooeey<\/span><\/a>
jdc<\/span>325<\/a>
FlammableFlower<\/span><\/a>
Sunclipse<\/span><\/a>
NeuroLogica<\/span><\/a> I am not worthy
Paholaisen<\/span> Asianajaja<\/span><\/a>
Shpalman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
Here is the ‘lawyers’ letter that my web hosts received…<\/p>\n\n
UK-Skeptics<\/a>
Mugs and Money<\/a> twice<\/a>
Chemo Brain<\/a><\/p>\n
Overscope<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
The Insolence of Pigeons<\/a><\/p>\n