An EMail Exchange With Dave Mastio

Translation:  I'm stealing your content, and there's nothing you can do about it bwahahahahah.  He knows I'm the person behind 24thstate because I sent him the e-mail below suggesting he work with bloggers instead of stealing their content.  But it's the threats that amuse me most.  His response to my request to take my feed off his site is to threaten my livelihood?


On 4/9/08 6:36 AM, "David Mastio" <editor@blognetnews.com> wrote:

Now that I know you are the person behind 24th state, let me just say if you continue down this road, I will not be having this dispute with an anon blogger, but with you and your company. I have advertisers, you have clients.

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From: editor@24thstate.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:25 PM
To: editor@blognetnews.com
Subject: Blog Net News and the Missouri Blogosphere

On a side note - your recent spat with St Louis bloggers requires some serious rethinking on your part on how you approach blogs.  If you continue to insult bloggers when responding to comments (starting with me and moving on stlbloggers and the other sites), you're going to find an enormous pushback.  It may be too late, but I'd suggest massive apologies, and instant retraction of anyone who says they want off.

The blogstorm is simmering Dave - you'd better head it off before it hits the media and the larger social media space.  This is no time to get your ego involved. You've put too much time and money in this to lose it because thousands of bloggers write about you.  Can you imagine if this hits Techdirt, Techcrunch, Instapundit,Valleywag, or one of the larger sites? 

Apologize  publicly, admit your mistakes, remove bloggers who request it and start working with people who want to work with you.  I've watched these explode before, and there's nothing you can do short of taking my advice to stop it.  You could sue the first five bloggers, but what happens to to the next 1000?  You're a newstory at that point. 

Cut this nonsense short now, and salvage what you can of your reputation.  This whole sordid affair is bad for the blogosphere, but it's worse for Blog Net News. 

Comments

[QueenofSpain, Erin Kotecki Vest]

Had a run in myself. Blogstorm is coming indeed http://queenofspainblog.com/2008/03/25/are-you-reading-this-on-blognetnewscom/

[ron k jeffries]

these sites thatb leech blog content are such an annoyance.
I have never really chased one down, as it is so much trouble.

But what they do is theft pure and simple. it would
be nice to get a court ruling one of these days

[Dana]

Blogstorm is already here. Began in VA, continued in St. Louis.