I made some errors in judgement and some of the Mods probably did too - I'm sure there is blame to go around. And I am paying for the mistakes.
I wrote about this because we made a good faith effort to settle a dispute over a book I did not write. But, Brian and Anthony think they have me over a barrel and are determined to extort as much money and advertising as they possibly can. They are not really suing over a copyright dispute - if they were, they would have sued the author too. They are suing for competitive advantage so that can harm our community. And my willingness to try and settle with them for the sake of saving time and money, has been misconstrued as weakness.
The thought of their winning the lawsuit has ignited a fantasy where they believe I will be unable to afford my lawyers and my site would somehow be turned over to them. Brian and Anthony would not budge from their position of demanding $180,000 in advertising plus a cash payment too.
In the weeks ahead we may need your support. I’ll keep you posted on how this plays out and I’ll let you know how you can help us.