Stranger and Stranger

Just a quick one on Amazon vs. Statsaholic. Extortion, criminal recods, litigation, pay-offs. Zoli and TechCrunch sum it up.

Who’s gaming who here? I find it hard to believe the Amazon, under media and shareholder scrutiny, with entire departments devoted to communication, litigation, and oversight, would try to blackmail Hornbaker into paying them an insignificant sum and handing over a domain. I just don’t believe such a decision could be made, especially when Amazon has legitimate legal avenues (in spades) to pursue in renegotiating their relationship with Statsaholic.

The alternative is that Hornbaker is playing Amazon in an elaborate PR game to get publicity for himself and Statsaholic. Everyone loves a david vs. goliath story, and Hornbaker is working hard to provide just that, deeping the depravity of Amazon’s behaviour on a regular basis and keeping everyone’s interest piqued. Is it anything more than base manipulation of public opinion?

Only time will tell.

Other posts here - the first calling out Amazon for being lame, the next starting to question the whole situation.

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