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Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by mc32 »

Blackthorn wrote: post #18
mc32 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This reminds me of the spat between Tekton Design speakers and a Youtube reviewer. Tekton received such massive and negative feedback, he tried to backpedal the initial threat. But still, the gall. They suffered reputationally not from the [mildly] negative review, but from the fallout from the ill-advised threat of lawsuit. https://www.audioresurgence.com/2024/04/tekton-speakers-revi... [more neutral] https://musict…

It's amazing to me that the writer of that piece walked away with the conclusion that Eric Alexander was in the right.

Just about everyone on YT as well as online sided with the reviewer because Tekton were being ridiculous.

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by harrison_clarke »

walrus01 wrote: post #11

Previously, monster cable vs. using a coat hanger for a speaker wire. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&channel=ent...

to be fair, monster cables do beat coat hangers these days

(the only coat hangers i've seen lately are plastic or wood)

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by econ »

RustyRussell wrote: post #10

OK, the whole "I am a lawyer" was next-levelled by this closing sentence: "Not only am I unintimidated by litigation; I sometimes rather miss it."

I always go with the short 1) excitement about going to court and 2) that I don't really care what it costs.

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by jemmyw »

CalChris wrote: post #24

Reminds me of when Caterpillar (trucks+tractors) sued Cat and Cloud Coffee (coffee) in Santa Cruz for trademark infringement. https://www.ksbw.com/article/cat-and-cloud-coffee-in-santa-c...

What happened? This is reporting on the first round but I can't find a follow-up on how things went. Did Caterpillar back down or did Cat and Cloud lose their apparel trademark?

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by IncreasePosts »

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #14
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like a case of sour grapes, on the part of Audioholics. He seems to have done fairly well for himself, since then.

It's really hard to tell without more detail! I tried doing a bit of digging, but he was a really early staffer to join Audioholics, and was editor-in-chief when he was fired. He's editor-in-chief of another site now, which it looks like he founded. You probably have to do something pretty bad to get publicly fired for cause when you were the editor-in-chief, and him having a new site he made himself isn't exactly an…

From a bunch of digging it appears that, perhaps, Clint set up/joined some sites that were similar enough to his employers, without telling them, and when they found out they took that as him trying to siphon users off of their site, and fired him.

If this is true, whether that was wrong of Clint to do or not would depend on his contract.

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by pdpi »

jdlshore wrote: post #3
biglyburrito wrote: post #2

The complete story: https://www.bluejeanscable.com/legal/mcp/index.htm

For anybody who’s wondering what happened next, this is from the above link: “Monster's counsel had made a horrible mistake, and probably caused lasting harm to the company, by sending me that ridiculous letter. But he, and Monster, did apparently know the first rule of holes: "If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging." The end, therefore, of the story was a bit anticlimactic. Knowing that I was able to defend my…

> Monster's counsel had made a horrible mistake, and probably caused lasting harm to the company, by sending me that ridiculous letter

This sort of thing always reminds of the Jack Daniels cease and desist letter[0], which, at least for me, had the exact opposite effect.

0. https://brokenpianoforpresident.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/jac...

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by hamandcheese »

Blackthorn wrote: post #18
mc32 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This reminds me of the spat between Tekton Design speakers and a Youtube reviewer. Tekton received such massive and negative feedback, he tried to backpedal the initial threat. But still, the gall. They suffered reputationally not from the [mildly] negative review, but from the fallout from the ill-advised threat of lawsuit. https://www.audioresurgence.com/2024/04/tekton-speakers-revi... [more neutral] https://musict…

It's amazing to me that the writer of that piece walked away with the conclusion that Eric Alexander was in the right.

I don't think you read the piece?

> My overarching sense is that this whole saga has been largely Mr. Alexander’s fault and it could have been easily avoided.

> Alexander has dropped the Mother Of All Bombs on this situation, displaying disrespect towards the reviewing industry, and regarding reviewers as trivial annoyances that can be easily brushed aside. The outcome of this saga and who will ultimately withstand the fallout remains to be seen, but Mr. Alexander almost certainly looks like an ass at this moment in time, and in my opinion, any negative assessment he receives is largely self-inflicted.

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by CalChris »

jemmyw wrote: post #26
CalChris wrote: post #24

Reminds me of when Caterpillar (trucks+tractors) sued Cat and Cloud Coffee (coffee) in Santa Cruz for trademark infringement. https://www.ksbw.com/article/cat-and-cloud-coffee-in-santa-c...

What happened? This is reporting on the first round but I can't find a follow-up on how things went. Did Caterpillar back down or did Cat and Cloud lose their apparel trademark?

Seems to have just faded away. Their name is the same.
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