A couple of weeks ago, PRManna, a new service for connecting journalists and bloggers with sources was launched. The site’s creator, Ryan Waggoner, openly names HARO as the inspiration for PRManna throughout his site. Things were going seemingly well until last week when Waggoner received a cease and desist (C&D)letter from Peter Shankman’s lawyers.
We’re not legal experts by any means, but it seems C&D letters are more of an unfriendly request − though in this case the request seems to be a bit of bullying. Waggoner responded to the incident via his blog, citing the following statements and requests from the C&D:
- … “Remove any mention of Peter Shankman, HelpAReporterOut, HARO, etc. from all my sites (happily done, except for this blog post)
- Stop using PRManna, PRManna.com, etc.
- Transfer ownership of PRManna.com to Peter Shankman’s company”
Call us crazy, but doesn’t this seem a bit over the top? Based on previous statements, it seemed that HARO was all about connecting journalists with sources for free − wouldn’t it be fair to assume the more the merrier?
Let us know what you think − is HARO justified in its approach or do you side with PRManna?
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