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Re:WP Engine sent "cease and desist" letter to Automattic by justinclift on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @06:31AM (#41635093)
Nah. Putting disparaging claims directly on the dashboard of my customers seems pretty abusive, and if it happened to me I'd be looking at legal options too.
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Re:WP Engine sent "cease and desist" letter to Automattic by tasuki on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @12:50PM (#41638433)
Automatic are publishing a blog post and syndicating it to RSS, and some other software (WP.org) is displaying that feed.

If you choose to use the WP.org software as is, it's kind of your fault, isn't it?

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Re:WP Engine sent "cease and desist" letter to Automattic by camgunz on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @03:18PM (#41639927)
What about regular, non-disparaging claims? Isn't it a fact that WP Engine turns off the backup stuff? Truth's a defense to libel.

This seems to me plainly like regular old competition. Can you point to something that's clearly defamatory?

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