Another blogger threatened…..
Short on time to write this morning, and missed this one during the week whilst I was travelling………
Blogger Mike Morgan is standing firm against demands from Goldman Sachs that he close down his web site. Note, not remove a particular posting that they object to, but close down the entire site.
The law firm Chadbourne & Parke’s wrote to him on April 8, a mere 12 days after the site was put up, alleging that the site “violates several of Goldman Sachs’ intellectual property rights” and also “implies a relationship” with the bank itself. Despite the fact that Morgan’s web site prominently displays this:
About this Site: This website has NOT been approved by Goldman Sachs, nor does this website have any affiliation with Goldman Sachs. This website was designed to provide information about Goldman Sachs direct from the public, and NOT from Goldman Sachs’s marketing and public relations departments. You may find the official Goldman Sachs website at http://www.goldmansachs.com/
Born on March 26, 2009, this website is an open forum for facts and discussion about what part Goldman Sachs and their executives played in the current Global Economic Crisis.
Mike Morgan is critical of Goldman Sachs, and its investment policy – in a free democracy he should be able to be so.
He is calling for other bloggers to assist by providing links to him and/or any information they have concerning Goldman Sachs.
Happy to oblige Mr Morgan, more power to your elbow. Expect a longer post on this when I am stationary!
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- April 18, 2009 at 11:25 am
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April 18, 2009 at 11:10 am -
It is a sad day when the moral people trying to highlight injustice are persecuted. I have had a look at the site and I don’t believe GSax have a gold bar to stand on. Another example of this can be found here, although not a blogger Alice Mahon was undoubtedly one of the good guys, the ones you hope even in a corrupt government are helping to stem the tide of lies and greed. Alas we have lost another warrior in the fight against those that would have us live in abject poverty fighting amongst ourselves.
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April 18, 2009 at 1:43 pm -
Ouch! I like the idea of naming names and routing out the CEOs. They can’t all be hiding out on private islands with Government protection can they? Or are they? I will bet they have Government protection. For now.
Poor Obama. Just a poodle.
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April 18, 2009 at 2:06 pm -
Anna – your first Mike Morgan link is broken.
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April 18, 2009 at 2:19 pm -
I’m very impressed by how serious this Morgan is. However, especially in the wake of smeargate, the lobby etc over here, I’m quite cautious. I want to get a good grip on the guy’s Modus Operandi here. I don’t want to find out, for example, that he actually represents a GS competitor.
I worked in the City myself, so I’m particularly interested in what he has to say, especially as I resigned on principle because I thought the entire industry was fundamentally corrupt.
A quick read of some of his posts, though and I’m quite optimistic – he seems to be a critic of the corrupt, revolving door nature of the entire sector, with GS being his main target. There’s still that small alarm in the back of my head though….
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April 18, 2009 at 2:54 pm -
If MM’s info is all true then he isn’t libelling Goldman sachs or individuals named, is he? Ordering him to shut down the site isn’t right. it’s bullying. Freedom of speech and all that jazz.
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April 18, 2009 at 10:05 pm -
It will be interesting to see if Goldman Sachs were anything to do with the Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae monkey-business. God knows how long it will take to get any real information out of the US Gov on all of that. It certainly looks as if this is one massive engineering project. If this wasn’t synchronised – it is all an odd coincidence.
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April 18, 2009 at 10:15 pm -
I am so not surprised that the copper implicated in the death of Ian Tomlinson has knocked up sick after apparently having a panic attack after hearing all the news about himself.
Am I being cynical for wondering if he is throwing a sickie because he has been told to do so?
Given that there were lies from the outset and the fact he wasn’t wearing his ID …………. some people are going to have to work bloody hard to come up with an acceptable excuse for all this.
How long did it take to come up with all the tripe about the Stockwell Tube killing?
SAY NO TO THE POLICE DOING THE JOB OF THE ARMY. They are not fit for this purpose.
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April 18, 2009 at 10:31 pm -
Is it really a year before the next general election?
If it’s not the smears that start the end ………. it’s got to be John Prescott’s blog. What a complete buffoon he is. Don’t even bother to have a look.
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