Okay, there are a lot of these going around. Lot’s of guys on the Wickedfire.com boards are getting these.
A note to Clickbooth - You know I could never afford a lawyer of any kind. And you know what I did was harmless journaling (albeit hurting your reputation, it hasn’t exactly been above the water for any time recently. What I posted in my earlier posts were my righteous opinions that I am entitled to, not only by American law, but by Thai law, as well. What I will post in this post is again, my opinion. The fact that you are chasing after 20 year-old college students living off of student loans is absolutely ridiculous. You can’t catch the big fish, so you fry the little ones that have absolutely no association to you? Great marketing plan if you ask me. At least it has gotten your name out. Before the post on Wickedfire, I hadn’t heard of Clickbooth. Now, I know and I am plenty glad to inform others of sources from my research that says you guys are (or so my research says, not my known facts, just my research and in my 1st amendment given opinion which I cannot be sued for) fraudulent. If you want to prove this false, then step up. Pay all those affiliates that you (apparently) haven’t paid, apologize to Jon and wickedfire members that (it seems that) you (may have, or might not have) pissed off.
If you want the posts removed, please send me a notarized C&D note that says Cease and Desist somewhere on it so I know its the real deal. Okay and thanks.
Anyways, here is the email I got.
Good afternoon,
Clickbooth.com. It was posted March 9, 2008.
The aforementioned post’s content contains defamatory statements referencing Clickbooth and its owner, John Lemp. The information throughout the post is considered libelous, and legal action has already been taken against another such individual publishing similar statements.
We consider libelous and defamatory statements to be an extremely serious violation as they harm the Clickbooth brand, John Lemp, and all Clickbooth advertisers and publishers. We must take all the necessary steps to protect not only ourselves, but also our partners against such fallacious statements and misrepresentations which have been made to intentionally harm the goodwill of our company and the character of Mr. Lemp.
Clickbooth greatly appreciates its relationships with publishers and advertisers, and we fully stand behind the quality our network has to offer. We care about our reputation within the industry and wish to do all that we can to protect it. We are a long-term organization that strives to make partners happy and keep them that way. We couldn’t remain as successful as we have otherwise.
We wanted to touch base with you and express our concern regarding these comments. We are asking that you please remove the post in question. We are also certainly more than willing to work with you in order to help you better understand the issues at hand.
Please let us know your thoughts and how you intend to proceed regarding this post. We look forward to hearing from you.
Yeah, thats the email. Here is what I sent them.
Dear “Clickbooth Relations”,
I was just reporting what I heard about the story. Because I have not done anything wrong in journaling what others have said and what I’ve heard about Clickbooth as well as adding an opinion of my own. Unless you can tell me exactly what loopholes you are going to string through the 1st amendment, I will leave the post as is, and probably add this email copy to my blog.
Bullying may have worked in middle school, but this is the real world.
I look forward to not getting any more emails from you.
Justin
Yeah. I wasn’t too happy when I got the email. I’m sure that hurts me, but what can you do. If they are going to sue me, I’m probably screwed for life if Clickbooth can get away with it. Mr. Lemp would need some very, very expensive lawyers to argue the 1st amendment though. Here are some more places to chec out for more info on all this.
http://www.slightlyshadyseo.com/?p=240
http://www.slightlyshadyseo.com/clickbooth-doesnt-want-you-to-read-this.txt
And there are some in the comments of the older posts that are track backs.
