[hurricane8]

we're in the same boat. we have disabled the search mechanism on the site. if we are not interested in licensing the search, what other steps need to be taken at this point? it seems like the only options given by them are to license or they will litigate. hopefully people can keep us updated on what actions they are taking.

also, they provided an incorrect value of our estimated annual revenues, almost double over our actual amount. would this have any relevance? i am wondering where they obtained this information from, probably those questionnaires you have to fill out to get a free magazine.

[stipple]

Do you ever send out mass marketing through the mail? Or have you ever received spam? They tell you not to click on any links in a spam email because it could expose you to harm. In the same way, I expect that replying to this threat would do more harm than good. CLEARLY, they don't have 10,000 lawyers working for them, and yet they've probably sent out that many notifications. So, clearly they cannot actually make good on all of those threats. I could be wrong, I suppose.