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15 <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/">Petter Reinholdtsen</a>
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23 <div class="title">ColonHelp produser sue WordPress to silence critic</div>
24 <div class="date">12th October 2012</div>
25 <div class="body"><p>Thanks to a blog post by
26 <a href="http://ramblingfoo.blogspot.no/2012/10/a-shitstorm-is-comming.html">Eddy
27 Petrișor</a>, I became aware of yet another "alternative medicine"
28 company using legal intimidation tactics to scare off critics.
29 According to the originating blog post about the detox "cure"
30 <a href="http://insulaindoielii.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/colon-help-sues-wordpress/">ColonHelp
31 and its producers Zenyth Pharmaceuticals actions</a>, the producer
32 sues Wordpress to get rid of the critical information. To check if
33 the story was for real, I contacted Automattic, the company behind
34 wordpress.com, and they reply was "We can confirm that Zenyth is
35 seeking a court order against WordPress / Automattic. However, we
36 don't believe the Terms of Service have been violated in this
37 matter".</p>
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39 <p>The story seem to be simply that a blogger checked the scientific
40 foundation for a popular health product in Rumania, ColonHelp, and
41 reported that there was no reason at all to believe it improved the
42 health of its users. This caused the company behind the product,
43 Zenyth Pharmaceuticals, to use legal intimidation to try to silence
44 the critic, instead of presenting its views and scientific foundation
45 to argue its side.</p>
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47 <p>This is the usual story, and the Zenyth Pharmaceuticals company
48 deserve everyone to know how it failed to act properly. Lets hope the
49 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect">Streisand
50 effect</a> can make it rethink its strategy.</p>
51
52 <p>What is the harm, you might think. I suggest you take a look at
53 <a href="http://www.whatstheharm.net/detoxification.html">a list of
54 victims of detoxification</a>.</p>
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57 <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>
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