Friday, August 26, 2005

Gizmodo Served Cease and Desist by Lawyer for Sony Ericsson.

Gizmodo, one of my favorite blogs, just got a Cease and Desist order from the mouthpiece for Sony Ericsson.
Full story here.
Here is the message I'm sending to the lawyer:
(Via web form, CC'd to Sony Ericsson's web contact form) Dr. Maximilian Schunke, LL.M. Göhmann Wrede Haas Kappus & Hartmann
Dr. Schunke;
Your Cease and Desist order to Gizmodo has done nothing to improve my opinion of your firm and of your client, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications International AB.
Althought I do fully admit that you and your client were well within your rights to send the notice, I protest on the grounds that it was not only the wrong thing to do, but also was sent to the wrong entity.
Sending that notice is NOT enforcing copyrights. It does nothing but make you look obnoxious, rude, condescending, and bullish. In short, it makes you look like a shoolyard bully, picking on the little guy because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. By attaacking the news outlet, you are going after the wrong entity. Go after the leak from inside, not the news people who are doing their job.
Your notice has sent a clear message: That Sony Ericsson is nothing but one more giant corporation with no care at all for the consumer, nor the small media companies many of your consumers trust for timely information. You have affirmed my long time hatred of lawyers, but most of all...
You have single handedly convinced me to NEVER AGAIN purchase ANYTHING from Sony Ericsson.
Sincerely,

Brian Chabot
Not that I think it'll do anything..... but it felt good to send it.

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