Comments on: Quackometer blog taken offline – by its cowardly Netcetera host, and spurious legal threats

By: Dulcinea

Dulcinea — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:44:00 +0000

It’s good there are people like Positive Internet who care about free speech and are willing to offer a safe haven for bloggers in increasingly litigious and difficult times.

By: Back crack quack attack - it’s a legal matter, baby « Dr Aust’s Spleen

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:09:52 +0000

[...] In addition, or alternatively, it could be that the point was simply to get Singh’s article removed from the Guardian website in the meantime. In which case, the BCA have probably shot themselves in the foot spectacularly, as the ”Spartacus effect”, a.k.a. the Streisand effect” (or even ”Obi Wan Effect”) will mean that the Singh article is likely to be intensively discussed in the Blogosphere, not to mention being rapidly republished on tens or even hundreds of online sites –think The Quackometer vs. The Society of Homeopaths, or The Quackometer and gutless webhosts Netcetera. [...]

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:07:28 +0000

I heard Netcetera are in a spot of financial bother – Quackometer is better off having nothing to do with them.

By: Wulfstan

Wulfstan — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:32:27 +0000

The answer may well lie in his astonishing car.

Alighting from the back seat of an Extended Black Daimler Limousine at the start of a Whirlwind Alternative Medicine Tour , essentially spanning right across the main length and breadth of the United Kingdom...

If it spans the UK - what's a little stretch to Dublin.

By: Lafayette

Lafayette — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:39:34 +0000

I’m confused. Mr Obi’s RCAM site is registered to an address in Dublin, but his other domain, obi.me.uk, is based in Tyne & Wear. Does he commute?

By: Netcetera Amaze Scientists…. « FlammableFlower’s Weblog

Netcetera Amaze Scientists…. « FlammableFlower’s Weblog — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:55:47 +0000

[...] Holfordwatch [...]

By: steve rolles

steve rolles — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:43:01 +0000

Hopefully the response to all this will change their ways. Internet justice is swift and sure.

By: Acleron

Acleron — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:31:21 +0000

Netcetera sucks.

By: Day 15: Procrastor! « One Hundred Pounds

Day 15: Procrastor! « One Hundred Pounds — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:53:54 +0000

[...] Feel free to ignore this. I just want to link to this blog post about netcetera who have shamefully bowed to groundless legal threats and suspended Andy Lewis’s excellent [...]