[lbo-talk] Citigroup feels violated

[Andy]

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> http://lbo-news.com/2010/09/24/citigroup-feels-violated/
>
> This morning, WordPress informed me that they’d received a “valid DMCA notice”—as in Digital Millennium Copyright Act—notice about a Citigroup research report I posted here in February 2009. Until the issue could be “resolved”—meaning I acknowledged this grave offense against intellectual property—I couldn’t post anything to this blog. Once I said “Yes, Sir,” my posting privileges were restored. The document was, of course, deleted.
>
> The report was an analysis of the Treasury’s proposed bank capital requirements in the run-up to the stress tests. Citi’s conclusion—and I think even the DMCA allows me to quote a phrase this brief from the doc—was that “the US government is following a relatively bank-friendly, investor-friendly approach.” So there you have it, just for the record.

Making the bigtime!

http://www.salon.com/news/bank_bailouts/index.html?story=/tech/htww/2010/09/24/citigroup_tries_to_erase_the_historical_record

Citigroup's doomed attempt to erase the past
The bank slaps a blogger for posting a company report in February
2009. What's it trying to hide?

-- 
Andy