Interesting article:
Edited by Anne Straton, Associate Editor
--Pluvia Uncovered!!! "Don't Tread On Me"
Last week Westergaard Broadcasting Network (WBN) posted a
$5,000 reward for information leading to the identification of
the person posting twisted information about Premier Laser
Systems (PLSIA) on Silicon Investor and Motley Fool message
boards under the nom de plume "Pluvia". The offer expired
Wednesday at noon EDT.
wbn.com
westergaard.com
The exercise has been successful. WBN Cyberpatrol has
established who the real "Pluvia" is, where he lives, and has a
pretty good handle on his motives. A winner of the reward has
been selected. Further commentary on the Pluvia case will be
forthcoming.
Payment of the reward is solely the responsibility of Westergaard
Online Systems, Inc. PLSIA was not consulted prior to offering
the reward and bears no responsibility for payment or for any
other events related to the Pluvia vs. Westergaard matter on
Silicon Investor.
Subject 16571
Pluvia vs. Westergaard is a so-called "thread" on Silicon
Investor, which has been underway for the last week with over
400 postings as of this morning. What WBN Cyberpatrol has
achieved here, is "proof of principle" as to its ability to
perform a constructive role in protecting WBN member affiliate
cyberstations from hostile attack on the Internet. It has been
made clear to members of Silicon Investor, one of the Internet's
most influential investor forums in a class with Motley Fool,
that anonymous hostile attacks on WBN member affiliates will
not be tolerated. This statement is in no manner intended as
criticism of Silicon Investor, which is a member forum with
the right to establish whatever guidelines it wishes as to
appropriate postings.
What we have unearthed in the Pluvia matter is that the man's
motives are not primarily investment oriented. He hides behind
this shield, even at one point telling the PLSIA CEO that he
represented hedge fund short sellers. His true motives are
business related -- he is out to damage PLSIA's reputation
among dentists in order to benefit a competitor of PLSIA with
which Pluvia has a business tie. I am told that he has advised
dentists that purchase of a PLSIA laser for teeth whitening
might subject them to legal action for participation in a
patent infringement. We are looking further into the matter.
WBN Cyberpatrol will henceforth carry a logo -- it will be one
of those flags from the American Revolution (also adopted by
the Boy Scouts of America) illustrating a snake with the phrase:
"Don't Tread On Me".
As for Pluvia, he will shortly be initiated as a charter
appointee to the WBN Cyberpatrol's "Gallery of Rogues". In
conformance with basic tenets of the doctrine of free speech,
Pluvia's anonymity will be protected, but not his right to
employ that anonymity to destructive ends. |
