Fatwallet

[techs]

I read a newstory about how Fatwallet was suing BestBuy over something regarding when price drops will occur. I had never heard of Fatwallet so I checked it out. Seems pretty cool. Check it out here. (http://www.fatwallet.com/)

[[NeoZeeD]]

i thought it was regarding the black friday sales that fatwallet posted what best buy was going to have..

or something like that i have to read on it.

but they are a great site for sweet deals

[Trout]

Best Buy is just one of many hassling fat wallet..
Walmart is also after them,, Claiming their advertiseing is in violation of the digital millineum act,, Go Figure huh,, Also,, the lawsuites involve sales not advertised in sale papers,, Sudden price reductions ect.
All of which they claim are copywrited.
acticle here (http://www.infinitelyloopy.com/index.cgi?story=55)


BTW,, fat wallet is a great source of freebies lol


Below Is From Fat Wallets Forum:
Date Posted: Nov/20/2002 10:21 AM

We have been given DMCA notices regarding the posting of "Black Friday" sale prices from the following companies:

Wal*Mart
Target
Best Buy
Staples
OfficeMax
Jo-Ann Stores Inc.
KMart

While we believe that sale prices are facts and can not be copyrighted, We have made the business decision to comply with the dmca notifications.

Our reasoning for this is very simple - Our mission is to serve consumers - If we were to choose to fight this battle, It would require more resources than are available - and we would no longer be able to serve consumers.

I fully expect this story to be making news sites as early as today.

Part of the DMCA Safe Harbor provisions state that in order to qualify for safe harbor protection, we must have no knowledge of the infringing activity. If we become aware of the removed content being reposted on our site, We have no choice but to remove the content, or forfeit our safe harbor provision. I respectfully ask your cooperation on this matter.

On a further note - We have been, and will be in further contact with the EFF, as well as ChillingEffects.org.

Message edited by: FatWallet.Com on 11/26/2002 22:08:25

[Gollo]

http://www.dealzconnection.com/ has a list of a bunch of sites like this. My personal fav is www.slickdeals.net and the anandtech forums. Cheers.