luchog
21st February 2008, 01:37 PM
From an article in The Register:
Shamed 'alternative medicine' quack silences web critic (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/20/obi_quackomter_defamation_netcetera/)
Excerpts:
A discredited doctor has forced an ISP to silence a website that aimed to debunk claims made by his "Royal College of Alternative Medicine" (RCAM).
The website, Quackometer, run by Oxfordshire IT worker Andy Lewis, was shuttered by ISP Netcetera on Monday following threats to sue for defamation from Joseph Chikelue Obi.
The Isle of Man-based ISP first removed individual pages from Quackometer, then informed Lewis it would bring the whole site down, citing its Acceptable Use Policy. The policy, typical of web hosts, states: "Netcetera reserves the right to suspend or cancel a customer's access to any or all services provided by Netcetera, where Netcetera decides that the account has been inappropriately used. Netcetera reserves the right to refuse service and/or access to its servers to anyone."
Fortunately, Quackometer found a new host almost immediately, and will be back up very soon.
Pretty lame that and ISP or Webhost service would cave so quickly to such obvious scammers. Particularly one as blatantly fraudulent as Obi.
Shamed 'alternative medicine' quack silences web critic (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/20/obi_quackomter_defamation_netcetera/)
Excerpts:
A discredited doctor has forced an ISP to silence a website that aimed to debunk claims made by his "Royal College of Alternative Medicine" (RCAM).
The website, Quackometer, run by Oxfordshire IT worker Andy Lewis, was shuttered by ISP Netcetera on Monday following threats to sue for defamation from Joseph Chikelue Obi.
The Isle of Man-based ISP first removed individual pages from Quackometer, then informed Lewis it would bring the whole site down, citing its Acceptable Use Policy. The policy, typical of web hosts, states: "Netcetera reserves the right to suspend or cancel a customer's access to any or all services provided by Netcetera, where Netcetera decides that the account has been inappropriately used. Netcetera reserves the right to refuse service and/or access to its servers to anyone."
Fortunately, Quackometer found a new host almost immediately, and will be back up very soon.
Pretty lame that and ISP or Webhost service would cave so quickly to such obvious scammers. Particularly one as blatantly fraudulent as Obi.