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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (613)	8/20/2000 11:06:33 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12465

Re: 7/18/00 - Talk Visual Exec Wins $1-Million Judgment vs. Basher Unbiased Reporting on Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board Companies No paid content. Talk Visual Exec Wins $1-Million Judgment vs. Basher By Jack Burney Published by OTCNN.com 07/18/2000 07:53 AM CST He tagged himself "Pugs" or sometime "Spider Valdez" and he bashed DCI Telecommunications, now trading on the Pink Sheets, even setting up his own chat line on Silicon Investor to bash some more. But he went too far, a court ruled, when he bashed Michael J. Zwebner, chairman of Talk Visual Corporation (OTCBB: TVCP), with false and defamatory statements about shorting DCI stock. Zwebner sued and won a $1-million settlement, and a public confession, from Defendant (and Basher) Gary Dobry in the Civil Action No. 98-CV-682-M in the Federal District Court of New Hampshire. The settlement included Co-Defendant David Shepard (alias "Rico Staris"). "I am pleased that this litigation is over," said Zwebner. "I feel vindicated in as much that these posters have come clean and have admitted their false and libelous actions. My family, and my business associates, as well as myself are relieved that all these false, malicious and libelous statements have been exposed for what they are." "The closure of this case, as well as the action taken by the Securities and Exchange Commission against DCI, Joseph Murphy, and others," Zwebner said, "is a very clear, loud and emphatic statement. It confirms to the public at large the real true facts, the truth, as I have always claimed it to be." Talk Visual was known as Legacy Software, Inc. in the period between September and December 1998, when the bashers were at work. In the court mandated statement, Dobry said "I made accusations against Michael Zwebner including false and defamatory statements in relation to his association with DCI and his alleged shorting of DCI stock and his bankruptcy. I now totally and absolutely apologize to Michael Zwebner and his Family for all the pain and suffering and public humiliation I caused him." Dobry said he was "wholly misled by third parties in the dissemination of this false information. "I came to understand that the promoters and directors of DCI falsely claimed that the continuing fall in the DCI stock price was a result of Michael Zwebner's supposed short selling," he said. "To my embarrassment, I later learned that was untrue." The judgment stands, but a vindicated Zwebner has agreed not to enforce it as long as Dobry does not attack his or his businesses further. Talk Visual business is going very well. (See the story elsewhere in OTC News Network today.) Talk Visual says it is a pioneer in the video teleconferencing industry, developing global retail facilities to accommodate the growing video-communications needs of two key both businesses and expatriate ethnic populations. Stock Action Summary Price as of 7/17/00: $ 0.66 DN $0.07 Volume: 864,200 P/E: N/A 52-wk range: $0.06 - $4.00 Shares Outstanding: 43,878,000 otcnn.com

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (613)	8/20/2000 11:09:30 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12465

Re: 7/7/00 - Investor Forum: Investors Add More Paid Basher Claims Unbiased Reporting on Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board Companies No paid content. Investor Forum: Investors Add More Paid Basher Claims By Jack Burney Published by OTCNN.com 07/07/2000 07:58 AM CST (Investor Forum is a platform for the free expression of investor opinion, open to everyone. OTC News Network provides background and comments, but the opinions expressed by investors in their letters to Investor Forum are their own and not necessarily those of OTC News Network. If you’d like to comment, write us at burney@ev1.net) The mail brings us dozens of stories of bashing, which, if not paid, still represents a concerted effort to trash a stock. Here are a few: Investor "Striper" urges us to "Check out posts by "Quaker" on Raging Bull PNLK (Pro Link Net, Inc.) board regarding people he suspects are paid bashers. There is someone using multiple aliases ("Torcer," *mrpeterman," "codebreak," etc.) and using slight variations of other posters names in what is apparently an all out attempt to trash the stock. Striper contends that "They have made all the serious investors on the RB board absolutely miserable with vitriolic , insulting attacks on anyone with a positive viewpoint on the stock. I am convinced they are (MM) paid bashers. PNLK stock also did the same thing as you recently described in your article i.e. trading above 4 on good news for almost 30 days, looking for NASDAQ qualification and then tanking for no reason." (PNLK stock followed the Pattern of Plunder, low in January, peaking near $6.00 in March and plunging, to close Thursday at $1.78.) Investor "GYM20" says "IMO there is a large short position in Ziasun Technologies, ZSUN an OTC stock. I am a shareholder for over a year and have watched the Market Makers bring the stock price down on great news . There are also a lot of negative posters on Raging Bull and Silicon Investor constantly bashing anything good about the company." (ZSUN was at $15.75 in January, but has been down a rocky road ever sine, closing a $5.00 Thursday.) Investor Paul Milligan writes "I sure wish someone would look at WLGSE (World Wide Wireless) to see what MM games are going on. We have had a series of the most bitter, vitriolic bashers you could imagine on the Raging Bull board - one guy has posted over 6,000 posts against the company in the last year !!! And he claims not to even own any !!! And there are others - one guy suggested that the CEO should suffer a broken neck. The CEO of the company, Doug Haffer, has even had to take legal action with RB to get it under control." Milligan went on to say "Personally, I suspect that there is a campaign of 'bashing' by some MM or broker somewhere, and possibly other games. For instance, this morning, there were over 120,000 shares traded in the first 45 minutes, a period when this stock would normally trade maybe 20,000 if that much, and yet the price didn't move more than $0.08. There's some game going on here!" (WGLSE stock has been on a steep descent in May and June, dropping from $2.75 to close Thursday at $1.48). Investor Steven Sloss thanks us for "the interesting article," then inquires about ANTS Software (OTCBB: ANTS). "I am interested in what is happening with Ants. I was with the company since they were Chopp Computers and I was one of the ones who sold my shares after panicking when I read an article by Bloomberg. Do we as consumers have any legal recourse regarding this situation? At first I thought there was nothing that I can do but now I am not sure. I saw that there is lawsuit against the reporter and Bloomberg. (ANTS did file suit against Bloomberg.) otcnn.com

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (613)	11/28/2000 10:46:54 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12465

Re: 11/17/00 - [INVT] Invest America drops RICO lawsuit against all defendants Docket as of November 27, 2000 9:34 pm Page 1 Proceedings include all events. 1:00cv11015 Invest America, Inc. v. Doe, et al CLOSED CLOSED U.S. District Court U.S. District Court - Massachusetts (Boston) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 00-CV-11015 Invest America, Inc. v. Doe, et al Filed: 05/23/00 Assigned to: Judge Rya W. Zobel Jury demand: Plaintiff Demand: $75,000 Nature of Suit: 470 Lead Docket: None Jurisdiction: Federal Question Dkt# in other court: None Cause: 18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act INVEST AMERICA, INC., a Nevada Brandon F. White Corporation [COR LD NTC] Plaintiff Foley, Hoag & Eliot One Post Office Square Boston, MA 02109 617-832-1138 v. JOHN JOHN DOE 1, 1 aka Tekrles Defendant JOHN DOE, 2 aka Illinois_Option Defendant JOHN DOE, 3 aka DizzyG Defendant JOHN DOE, 4 aka Gogogadget Defendant JOHN DOE, 5 aka Chaos101 Docket as of November 27, 2000 9:34 pm Page 2 Proceedings include all events. 1:00cv11015 Invest America, Inc. v. Doe, et al CLOSED Defendant JOHN DOE, 6 aka Craig437 Defendant JOHN DOE, 7 aka Sjonop Defendant JOHN DOE aka Buyonnews Defendant JOHN DOE, 9 aka Zelcor Defendant JOHN DOE, 10 aka Uraloser Defendant JOHN DOE, 11 aka Amqa Defendant JOHN DOE, 12 aka Palm, Defendant JOHN DOE, 13 aka Pyramid Defendant JOHN DOE, 14 aka Ironchef Docket as of November 27, 2000 9:34 pm Page 3 Proceedings include all events. 1:00cv11015 Invest America, Inc. v. Doe, et al CLOSED Defendant Docket as of November 27, 2000 9:34 pm Page 4 Proceedings include all events. 1:00cv11015 Invest America, Inc. v. Doe, et al CLOSED 5/23/00 1 Complaint filed. Case assigned to Judge: Zobel. Receipt #: 22639 Amount:$ 150.00. Fee Status: pd (jdj) [Entry date 05/24/00] 5/23/00 -- Summons issued for John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe (jdj) [Entry date 05/24/00] 5/31/00 2 Motion by Invest America, Inc. for leave to serve a subpoena seeking documentary evidence and testimony , filed. (eaf) 6/1/00 -- Judge Rya W. Zobel . Endorsed Order entered granting [2-1] motion for leave to serve a subpoena seeking documentary evidence and testimony . [EOD Date 6/2/00] cc: all counsel of record. (eaf) [Entry date 06/02/00] 9/19/00 3 Motion by Invest America, Inc. to extend time to serve complaint , filed. (jdj) [Entry date 09/20/00] 9/19/00 4 Affidavit of Andrew B. Kanter for Invest America, Inc. , re: [3-1] motion to extend time to serve complaint , filed. (jdj) [Entry date 09/20/00] 9/26/00 -- Judge Rya W. Zobel . Endorsed Order entered granting [3-1] motion to extend time to serve complaint . Complaint shall be served on or before 11/22/00. cc/cl [EOD Date 9/26/00] (jdj) 11/22/00 5 Notice of voluntary dismissal by Invest America, Inc. as to John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe, John Doe , filed. (lau) [Entry date 11/27/00] 11/27/00 -- Case closed. (lau) [END OF DOCKET: 1:00cv11015] Message 14899550