Criticize Online, Get Fined

maxpublic writes "Yet another outspoken critic of corporate America has been SLAPP'ed - only this time, Dan Whatley didn't even know he'd been sued until he was presented with a $450,000 judgement. For those who don't know, SLAPP stands for 'Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation' and is used to silence people who openly criticize thin-skinned corporations." In this case the company doing to suing is Xybernaut, the makers of wearable computers mentioned here many times in the past. This article is a must read. And now Xybernaut has joined Amazon and others on my list of Must-Avoid companies. This is a creepy run around the 1st Ammendment, and you should be aware.

Comments

Screw Xybernaut and Viragen

[Dutch_Cap]

Xybernaut has a bunch of morons in charge and all their products are lame and unreliable. Their hardware usually falls apart or stops working a few days after purchase. Did you know their devices are made through child-labour, by the way?

Viragen is a bunch of loonies too, especially management. I hear they actually pay people to have sex with the genetically engineered chickens, to create half-man half-chicken offspring.

I really hate Amazon too, did you know they use their profits to fund terrorism?

Are they going to sue me now?

email addresses for xybernaut--write them!

[rjnagle]

publicrelations@xybernaut.com
techsupport@xyberna ut.com

It Seems To Me

[shoemakc]

It seems to me.....that the guy ::did:: post something that could be considered libel on a public forum.

It seems to me.....that we DON'T KNOW if he did recieve the letter or not.

It seems to me....that if the scenerio was reversed, the 40'th post would have mentioned this and not the 400'th

Here you are planning to rally and boycot when YOU DON'T KNOW THE FOGGIEST what actually happened.

You may now mod me as a troll.

-Chris