Comments on: Doing Online Reputation Management? Don’t Do It This Way (Forbes Cross-Post) https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/05/doing-online-reputation-management-dont-do-it-this-way-forbes-cross-post.htm Mon, 15 Jun 2015 01:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Shingshang Fung https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/05/doing-online-reputation-management-dont-do-it-this-way-forbes-cross-post.htm#comment-1313 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 01:04:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=14328#comment-1313 good blog!

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]]> By: Samaira Khan https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/05/doing-online-reputation-management-dont-do-it-this-way-forbes-cross-post.htm#comment-1306 Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:20:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=14328#comment-1306 nice beauty tips

]]> By: Warren Whitlock https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/05/doing-online-reputation-management-dont-do-it-this-way-forbes-cross-post.htm#comment-1304 Tue, 26 May 2015 22:22:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=14328#comment-1304 The question ought to be whether to take action on the site slandering your blogger or just go for the crappy service Trinh to talk legalize. LOL

]]> By: Tuesday Is Soylent Green Day https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/05/doing-online-reputation-management-dont-do-it-this-way-forbes-cross-post.htm#comment-1303 Mon, 25 May 2015 14:18:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=14328#comment-1303 How can you say that the site doesn’t identify the management team when the Trademark announcement features a quote from its COO, Marvin the Martian.

]]> By: Doing online "reputation management"? - Overlawyered https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/05/doing-online-reputation-management-dont-do-it-this-way-forbes-cross-post.htm#comment-1302 Mon, 25 May 2015 09:45:05 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=14328#comment-1302 […] Don’t do it this way, advises Eric Goldman. […]

]]> By: Jeff Gottlieb https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/05/doing-online-reputation-management-dont-do-it-this-way-forbes-cross-post.htm#comment-1299 Sat, 23 May 2015 03:29:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=14328#comment-1299 In reply to John_Levine.

But there’s a gavel on the letter, so…

]]> By: Jeff Gottlieb https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/05/doing-online-reputation-management-dont-do-it-this-way-forbes-cross-post.htm#comment-1298 Sat, 23 May 2015 03:28:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=14328#comment-1298 In reply to David S. Gingras.

That’s a great approach, David!

]]> By: John_Levine https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/05/doing-online-reputation-management-dont-do-it-this-way-forbes-cross-post.htm#comment-1297 Fri, 22 May 2015 16:17:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=14328#comment-1297 I would definitely send my legal notices through an outfit using a $3.99/mo Godaddy hosted web site and a domain with hidden contact information. Why, that just radiates authority and legitimacy.

]]> By: David S. Gingras https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/05/doing-online-reputation-management-dont-do-it-this-way-forbes-cross-post.htm#comment-1296 Fri, 22 May 2015 16:06:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=14328#comment-1296 Nice analysis, but you forgot one of the biggest reasons to ignore the notice — the fair report privilege. See Nieman v. Versuslaw Inc., 2012 WL 3201931 (C.D.Ill. 2012) (aff’d 512 Fed.Appx. 635 (7th Cir. 2013)); see also https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2013/03/first_amendment_1.htm

I frequently get junk notices like this for TheDirty.com, usually from sites that charge $200 to help someone send a DMCA notice. These sites infuriate me. First, they are practicing law without a license. Second, they charge a significant fee but the customer does 99% of the work; the only thing the service provider does is forward an email containing information they’ve obtained from the customer.

I usually respond to these services by explaining that we will not even consider the matter unless they refund the amount charged to their customer and the customer provides proof that they got their money back. On at least a few occasions this has worked.

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