This morning I was sent a ‘cease and desist’ demand from Mark Brewer relating to the posts I have made about the former SPCK bookshops. The demand says ‘Confidential - not to be redistributed or posted’, so I am not posting the text.
The demand says that if I do not remove all SSG-related material by noon today, July 22, 2008, an injunction will be sought against me and legal action taken for damages for libel.
I have therefore removed all of the SPCK/SSG posts on this blog, as, although I believe I have not done anything wrong I do not have the money to face a legal battle. The removal of these posts is in no way an admission of guilt.
To say I am not happy about the decision I have been forced to take here is an understatement. I feel as if I have let many people down who have relied on this site over the last year or more.
I am not allowing comments on this post, though I can be contacted as usual. I cannot of course stop you writing about this elsewhere.
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Posts taken down from the blog 'Cartoon Church' after the original author Dave Walker received a 'cease and desist' demand from Texas lawyer J Mark Brewer. Reposted here in support of free speech.
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Authorship
The original author of all the 81 posts on this blog is Dave Walker. I am posting them here to keep them in the public domain until such time as Dave feels able to repost them on his Cartoon Church blog.
They have been dated and timed to when they were originally posted. A few of the original comments are here too, but these are dated to the time of my reposting.
They have been dated and timed to when they were originally posted. A few of the original comments are here too, but these are dated to the time of my reposting.
Thanks
Although some of Dave's later posts are widely available after being recovered from the Google cache, it is the work of Matt Wardman that has kept the majority of these in circulation; he has 75 posts available as a single pdf download.
Most of all, thanks to Dave for such an inspirational campaign.
Most of all, thanks to Dave for such an inspirational campaign.
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