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DOW Threatens Verio, Verio silences activists

Posted by Hemos on from the silencing-the-critics dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A parody site hosted on Thing.net upset DOW Chemical. DOW is now using the DMCA to threaten Verio, Thing.net's provider, into silencing the activists. Read press release for more details."

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  1. Re:Does this surprise anyone by MImeKillEr · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Wow. That's pretty fucked up. Their site looks TOO much like Dow's.

    Dow may not have too hard a time proving their case. However, Thing.Net's owners *might* come out ahead on this. It's still a parody site -- even though there aren't any disclaimers stating as much. Certainly will be interesting to see where this goes...

    As for my getting roped in. All I can say is

    DOH!

    Thanks for pointing it out.

    Mental note: Consume at least TWO cups of cofee before posting comments to Slashdot in the morning...

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  2. Time to boycott Verio? by Travoltus · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Are there other providers who will not take action against a hosted site unless pushed by a court order?

    I know newsguy.com is one such provider.

    I have a site with Verio. If I know of another site with php3/4, perl and mysql, and which will not take any action without a court order, I'm there and Verio is out another customer.

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