Note: we received a response to the ClarkTestimonials.com post:
http://clarktestimonials.com/post/503746602/zapper-fraud-hits-ebay
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My Name is Dr Susan James (MD, DO),
I am a medical doctor registered in USA and I am also a practicioner of alternative medicine.
I am writing directly to you as it appears that you are the host for the web site:http://clarktestimonials.com/
I also work with Huldaclarkzappers.com, and are one of the directors of ‘Huldaclarkzappers Florida LTD’
It has come to my attention of recent, that a particular Zapper Store called “Maestro Zappers”, (MZAP) a Canadian based, backyard zapper producer had come into agreement with a ‘Parazapper’ store owner in the USA to run a smear campaign against our company based in Florida.
They are using this campaign within a forum you host ‘clarktestimonials.com’ as a basis to conduct this.
The Zapper Described by them appears to be something bought second hand on Ebay, (not from our company. They go as far as mentioning my name (Dr Susan James) and others as being the seller of this fake zapper. We do not sell on Ebay.
Our “Zapper Digital” models are LCD Screen models, producing true Digital output with push buttons, and do not fit anywhere within these descriptions.
Our Lawyer Eric C. Pinkard has made the necessary arrangements to have this smear campaign shut down in Canada, and has successfully organized to have this “Maestro Zapper” online web page eliminated.
We would kindly ask you, the host for ‘clarktestimonials.com‘ to consider removing these forums, which make incorrect references to our web site and its directors, which make incorrect references to products, not sold by us, and are using their personal links to direct traffic to their own web pages and email addresses.
Thanking you in advance for your consideration
Kind Regards
Dr Susan James, (MD DO),Florida, USA
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I am posting both sides of the story to remain transparent to our readers. If I only edit the old post, not as many people will see the whole story from beginning to end. A new post linked to the old will reach everyone. We trust our readers to make their own wise judgements regarding this matter.
This is how the situation unfolded from our end:
During the summer of 2009 the HuldaClark.com offices received a phone call from someone needing repair for a Digital Zapper he purchased. It was not a device we had ever seen or sold. It was from a new site called HuldaClarkZappers.com. When we checked the HuldaClarkZappers.com web site, we found out that they were using our blue Hulda Clark logo as their mast head, having only changed the text to HuldaClarkZappers.com. We contacted their registrar and host in order to have our logo’s photo and design removed from their site. Here is the exact email:
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[SUPPORT #HUL-282501]: huldaclarkzappers.com:Copyright issues with tucows domain
Legal Issues - Hostica.com 8/13/09
Thank you for providing your recent notice regarding claimed copyright infringement in one or more web pages stored on Hostica’s network. Since Hostica is simply following the mandate by the U.S. Congress as provided in 17 U.S.C. Section 512, we cannot comply with your request to disable or remove certain web pages from Hostica’s network. Upon receipt of a proper notification, Hostica will comply fully with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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After we notified them, the logo changed a bit. If you go there now, you can see that they have since changed their logo by simply moving Dr. Clark’s photo to the other side, and adding a swirl to the blue background. It still very much resembles our logo, and is still the same exact photo of Dr. Clark (a photograph they do not own and used without permission). Above Dr. Susan James is telling us that the Digital Zappers on eBay are yet another company, not hers. Because Dr. James and HuldaClarkZappers.com uses our image from our blue Hulda Clark logo, and the eBay seller used their device’s look, there are several layers of copyright infringement until no one knows who is who.
This is why copyright and branding is so important. I don’t want our zappers and products to look like any other. I want our products to stand out and be recognized. Because HuldaClarkZappers.com used our blue logo (and have barely changed it to this day), there is a lot of brand confusion. Many of our customers thought they were part of the official HuldaClark.com network of sites because the photo and logo is made to be so close to ours.
The prior post on this topic was meant to inform people of the misleading claims HuldaClarkZappers.com has on their website.
I would suggest that HuldaClarkZappers.com begins creating their own brand and logo, instead of right-clicking and modifying images from our, or other competitor’s sites. If you don’t create your own brand, logos, and images, expect folk to be confused as to which is which. I would also suggest cultivating credibility by making statements that can be backed up with evidence. Good business practices from the start would have avoided this whole mess.


