Re: [projectvrm] Non-disparagement clause

[Don Marti < >]

begin Phil Windley quotation of Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:03:13AM -0700:

The real failure here is the credit bureaus.  Really,
some random company can just "ding" a person, and the
credit bureau will spread it around?   Sounds like
the problem is on Experian's end.

> Check out this story that just appeared on a local TV station. 
> 
> The woman buys something from Kleargear.com, doesn't get it, writes a 
> negative review and several years later gets a legal notice from Kleargear 
> telling her to remove the review or be fined because in their T&Cs they 
> have a "non-disparagement clause".
> 
> "In an effort to ensure fair and honest public feedback, and to prevent the 
> publishing of libelous content in any form, your acceptance of this sales 
> contract prohibits you from taking any action that negatively impacts 
> kleargear.com, its reputation, products, services, management or employees."
> 
> http://m.kutv.com/article?id=12267430/
> 
> And just to show that companies that report on sucky companies can be sucky 
> in their own way, KUTV apparently has JS in place to prevent me from 
> copying and pasting from the story. I had to View Source to cut and paste 
> the preceding quote into this email. :(

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