As of today, November 10th, 2014, GAW/Zen has reportedly sought the assistance of a Los Angeles based law firm to issue cease and desist communications to members of THIS public forum, not theirs, in what appears to be an attempt to censor those who have legitimate and factual claims against the alleged less-than ethical business processes and moral standing of GAW/Zen, its "CEO", and the various BDA’s they use.
Irrespective of numerous peoples’ opinions published here and elsewhere on the Internet regarding GAW/Zen continually proving their fundamental M.O. is that of an elaborate SCAM in every sense of the word, this law firm has apparently taken it upon itself to either ignore the harm/losses dozens if not hundreds of previous GAW/Zen customers have been forced to endure or feel it is more appropriate to threaten legal action against those exercising their Constitutional rights rather than facilitating a thorough due-diligence investigation of their own client.
Although I too have received a communication simply titled “Cease and Desist Letter” with a .pdf attachment from this law firm to one of my business email addresses, I refuse to open any such attachments or speculate on what the .pdf specifically says, if anything, as I do not know firsthand who the sender is or if the attachment contains anything potentially damaging to my system or network. Regardless, I would like to invite anyone else who is a US citizen and has also received any communication directly from GAW/Zen, any of their DBA’s, or this (or any other) law firm to contact my Mining Advocates Organization with their story at [email protected] in preparation of the potential establishment of our own legal offensive to ensure this type of conduct by what can be seen as a questionable business, its "CEO", and/or a retained yet misguided law firm is not allowed to overtake the protections guaranteed to us by the United States Constitution and its amended Bill of Rights in addition to Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
Thank you,
Scott Booth
Interesting... so how did they get your email address? Did you voluntarily/accidently disclose that to them? Did they track it down from using their service/email communications? Subpoena a provider? Illegally acquire it? These things are very important to determine from the very start.
But you do have the freedom of speech to say what you want, but you have to be responsible for that speech. IE slander, misrepresentations and other aspects of it. But if you can prove this is what you honestly believe, think or actually happened then not much they can do except play the intimidation game and try to shut up a disgruntled customer... which alot of companies do try to do.
It's all a matter of is it worth it to get into a legal pissing match with them? The a CnD is an opening shot, even if you say "oh ok I will abide by their request" that doesnt mean that solves the problem. Maybe it will, Maybe not because later they could still make a run at you. Also there is a thing called "voluntary agreement/acceptance through silence."
I am not trying to give you legal advice, but hypothetically speaking I may know a little about these things?