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+               <title>ColonHelp produser sue WordPress to silence critic</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ColonHelp_produser_sue_WordPress_to_silence_critic.html</link>        
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ColonHelp_produser_sue_WordPress_to_silence_critic.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks to a blog post by
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://ramblingfoo.blogspot.no/2012/10/a-shitstorm-is-comming.html&quot;&gt;Eddy
+Petrișor&lt;/a&gt;, I became aware of yet another &quot;alternative medicine&quot;
+company using legal intimidation tactics to scare off critics.
+According to the originating blog post about the detox &quot;cure&quot;
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://insulaindoielii.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/colon-help-sues-wordpress/&quot;&gt;ColonHelp
+and its producers Zenyth Pharmaceuticals actions&lt;/a&gt;, the producer
+sues Wordpress to get rid of the critical information.  To check if
+the story was for real, I contacted Automattic, the company behind
+wordpress.com, and they reply was &quot;We can confirm that Zenyth is
+seeking a court order against WordPress / Automattic.  However, we
+don&#39;t believe the Terms of Service have been violated in this
+matter&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;The story seem to be simply that a blogger checked the scientific
+foundation for a popular health product in Rumania, ColonHelp, and
+reported that there was no reason at all to believe it improved the
+health of its users.  This caused the company behind the product,
+Zenyth Pharmaceuticals, to use legal intimidation to try to silence
+the critic, instead of presenting its views and scientific foundation
+to argue its side.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;This is the usual story, and the Zenyth Pharmaceuticals company
+deserve everyone to know how it failed to act properly.  Lets hope the
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect&quot;&gt;Streisand
+effect&lt;/a&gt; can make it rethink its strategy.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;What is the harm, you might think.  I suggest you take a look at
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.whatstheharm.net/detoxification.html&quot;&gt;a list of
+victims of detoxification&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
+</description>
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                <title>Kontant betaling, takk!</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Kontant_betaling__takk_.html</link>