Pay-per-Gate Archives - Jason Clarke

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Lance won…this round

Post author By Jason Clarke
Post date Sun May 7, 2006
Categories In bloggers' rights, blogging, ethics, Maine, Pay-per-Gate, politics
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Congratulations to Lance Dutson, who is free from the legal black cloud imposed on him by Warren Kremer Paino Advertising. The agency dropped their lawsuit Friday, though they made no public comment on the matter. Cowards, to the end. In his latest post on the now seven-month-long Pay-Per-Gate saga, Lance thanked his own legal council, […]

Maine Rep calls for Office of Tourism investigation

Post author By Jason Clarke
Post date Fri May 5, 2006
Categories In bloggers' rights, ethics, Pay-per-Gate
1 Comment on Maine Rep calls for Office of Tourism investigation

In his ongoing ethical and now legal battle with inept state government officials and contractors, Lance Dutson has finally received meaningful public help from a State of Maine government official, some five months after his original reporting. Today, Maine Representative Stephen Bowen (R – Rockport) announced he has asked Maine’s economic commissioner to suspend the […]

MBA announces support for Lance Dutson

Post author By Jason Clarke
Post date Thu Apr 27, 2006
Categories In bloggers' rights, blogging, Pay-per-Gate
1 Comment on MBA announces support for Lance Dutson

As I reported earlier, the Media Bloggers Association has stepped up to assisnt in the defense of Maine blogger Lance Dutson against the multi-million dollar federal lawsuit he has been served with by Warren Kremer Paino, the ad agency of record for the State of Maine Office of Tourism. The MBA (disclosure: I am a […]

Maine blogger sued by Maine Office of Tourism subcontractor

Post author By Jason Clarke
Post date Thu Apr 27, 2006
Categories In bloggers, bloggers' rights, blogging, Pay-per-Gate
2 Comments on Maine blogger sued by Maine Office of Tourism subcontractor

Lance Dutson, the blogger whose ‘Pay-per-gate‘ investigation has uncovered several instances of incompetence by the Maine Office of Tourism and its subcontractors, today announced he has been sued for over a million dollars by Warren Kremer Paino, the Office of Tourism’s advertising agency of record. This is a devious, frivolous lawsuit, designed to intimidate Dutson […]

‘Pay-per-Gate’ picking up steam

Post author By Jason Clarke
Post date Wed Mar 29, 2006
Categories In bloggers' rights, ethics, freedom of speech, Pay-per-Gate
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The ‘Pay-per-Gate‘ saga, which I’ve written about twice before, has now crossed over into the local media here in Maine. Today, both the Knox County VillageSoup Times and the Portland Press Herald ran variations on the story.

Maine blogger threatened with lawsuit for ‘Pay-per-Gate’ story

Post author By Jason Clarke
Post date Mon Mar 20, 2006
Categories In bloggers' rights, ethics, freedom of speech, Pay-per-Gate
2 Comments on Maine blogger threatened with lawsuit for ‘Pay-per-Gate’ story

Every blogger out there should understand that when one of us is threatened with a lawsuit, we’re all threatened. That’s not a cutesy cliche- it’s a serious point to keep in mind whenever we begin to forget that there are many members of the old guard- institutions such as government agencies and media outlets- with […]

Maine wastes taxpayer money on inept web campaigns

Post author By Jason Clarke
Post date Tue Mar 7, 2006
Categories In bloggers, blogging, business of the web, goverment, Pay-per-Gate
2 Comments on Maine wastes taxpayer money on inept web campaigns

Let’s see if that title earns some much-warranted attention to this story. See, something stinks here in my home state of Maine, and at least this time around it’s not the State’s abysmal DirigoChoice health are program. Instead, I’m talking about some highly irregular, irresponsible, and completely unprofessional behavior on display by our state’s Office […]