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     <h3>Entries from October 2012.</h3>
     
+    <div class="entry">
+      <div class="title">
+        <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ColonHelp_produser_sue_WordPress_to_silence_critic.html">ColonHelp produser sue WordPress to silence critic</a>
+      </div>
+      <div class="date">
+        12th October 2012
+      </div>
+      <div class="body">
+        <p>Thanks to a blog post by
+<a href="http://ramblingfoo.blogspot.no/2012/10/a-shitstorm-is-comming.html">Eddy
+Petrișor</a>, I became aware of yet another "alternative medicine"
+company using legal intimidation tactics to scare off critics.
+According to the originating blog post about the detox "cure"
+<a href="http://insulaindoielii.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/colon-help-sues-wordpress/">ColonHelp
+and its producers Zenyth Pharmaceuticals actions</a>, 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 "We can confirm that Zenyth is
+seeking a court order against WordPress / Automattic.  However, we
+don't believe the Terms of Service have been violated in this
+matter".</p>
+
+<p>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.</p>
+
+<p>This is the usual story, and the Zenyth Pharmaceuticals company
+deserve everyone to know how it failed to act properly.  Lets hope the
+<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect">Streisand
+effect</a> can make it rethink its strategy.</p>
+
+<p>What is the harm, you might think.  I suggest you take a look at
+<a href="http://www.whatstheharm.net/detoxification.html">a list of
+victims of detoxification</a>.</p>
+
+      </div>
+      <div class="tags">
+        
+        
+        Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/skepsis">skepsis</a>.
+        
+        
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="padding"></div>
+    
     <div class="entry">
       <div class="title">
         <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Kontant_betaling__takk_.html">Kontant betaling, takk!</a>
@@ -1324,7 +1374,7 @@ dag.</p>
 
 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/09/">September (9)</a></li>
 
-<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/10/">October (6)</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/10/">October (7)</a></li>
 
 </ul></li>
 
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  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/drivstoffpriser">drivstoffpriser (4)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english (153)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english (154)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/fiksgatami">fiksgatami (18)</a></li>
 
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  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/sitesummary">sitesummary (4)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/skepsis">skepsis (2)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/skepsis">skepsis (3)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/standard">standard (38)</a></li>