Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)
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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)
#2The complete story: https://www.bluejeanscable.com/legal/mcp/index.htm
Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)
#3The 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 myself and knowing that they'd probably be sanctioned for frivolous conduct if they sued me, Monster fell silent. Not a peep was heard again.”
Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)
#4You have to wonder what it is with companies having “monster” in their names that makes them such monsters.
This story reminded me of the multi-year battle by Monster energy going after MonsterFishKeepers.com
https://reefbuilders.com/2016/03/01/monster-fish-keepers-win...
Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)
#5You have to wonder what it is with companies having “monster” in their names that makes them such monsters. This story reminded me of the multi-year battle by Monster energy going after MonsterFishKeepers.com https://reefbuilders.com/2016/03/01/monster-fish-keepers-win...
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Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)
#6It was this story that clued me into BJC as an entity in the first place. Gladly shelled out a couple hundred bucks for solidly-built custom speaker interconnects a few years later with them, and have zero regrets.
As far as legal tactics go, I’m very sympathetic to his position and wish more folks would fight to the finish instead of settling for nuisance values.
Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)
#7So I clicked the first link to read about the actual claim, and I was floored by the author bio at the bottom: "Clint Deboer was terminated from Audioholics for misconduct on April 4th, 2014. He no longer represents Audioholics in any fashion."
Gotta wonder how bad you gotta screw up to have your byline on every article you wrote permanently set to that.
Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)
#8So I clicked the first link to read about the actual claim, and I was floored by the author bio at the bottom: "Clint Deboer was terminated from Audioholics for misconduct on April 4th, 2014. He no longer represents Audioholics in any fashion." Gotta wonder how bad you gotta screw up to have your byline on every article you wrote permanently set to that.
at least they kept the articles up. I was pleasantly surprised that that ancient link still worked !
Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)
#9So I clicked the first link to read about the actual claim, and I was floored by the author bio at the bottom: "Clint Deboer was terminated from Audioholics for misconduct on April 4th, 2014. He no longer represents Audioholics in any fashion." Gotta wonder how bad you gotta screw up to have your byline on every article you wrote permanently set to that.
Sounds like a case of sour grapes, on the part of Audioholics.
He seems to have done fairly well for himself, since then.
Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)
#10OK, 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."