From: Stevan Harnad <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:25:16 -0500

Now it's time to help get the FUD campaign against Jeffrey Beall dropped too.

[FOR FUD, See:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt]


On 2013-03-04, at 3:11 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:44:28 +0000
>
> This just in: Edwin Mellen Press has publicly announced its intention
> to "discontinue" the two lawsuits it filed against Dale Askey and
> McMaster University:
>
> http://bit.ly/YQm4uV
>
> A few quick observations:
>
> 1. The difference between "discontinue" and "drop" may be worth noting.
>
> 2. The tone and content of EMP's announcement offer an interesting
> window into the company's attitude towards the community it purports
> to serve.
>
> 3. EMP's announcement makes repeated reference to a "social media
> campaign" on behalf of Askey and against EMP. However, as a commenter
> noted (and I documented) following a posting I made on this topic at
> the Scholarly Kitchen, if there was an orchestrated "social media
> campaign" during this event, it appears to have been conducted on
> behalf of EMP — someone commenting under the name "Thomas Anthony
> Kelly" posted the identical comment in support of EMP to hundreds of
> blogs and web pages. When this fact was exposed publicly, the comments
> began disappearing.
>
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> Rick Anderson
> Interim Dean, J. Willard Marriott Library
> University of Utah
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