1998: Amway and Sidney Schwartz
January, 1998. Sidney Shwartz posted an internet response to Amway's remarks about him in their "Amway Statements. . ." article. On January 6, the Amway article was reworded. Schwartz posted a response to the changes. Shortly thereafter, the article disappeared from Amway's web site. More Amway: The Untold Story mirror sites appeared.
One of Amway's threats against Schwartz dealt with copyright infringement issues. Never have they given him any instance of any copyright of theirs which he has violated.
Since Amway itself sent to me, in an e-mail letter, the following text, it will be interesting to see whether they cry "copyright infringement" to my posting it here. Here is the complete text of the Amway Statements. . . dated December 17, 1997 and included in the first e-mail letter I received from Mark Cornillie.
AMWAY STATEMENTS . . .
Since its founding in 1959, Amway and its founders have been active supporters of personal freedoms, including freedom of speech. Freedom is one of the essential elements of Amway's fundamental business philosophy.
. . . ON THE INTERNET
Amway is excited about the Internet and its potential to foster greater international communication and understanding. Amway also believes that respect for basic rights, as well as honesty and civility, are essential to any marketplace of ideas, including the web.
Amway carefully reviews all its postings to ensure they are absolutely truthful, legal and respectful of the rights of others. While we respect and welcome honest disagreement and discussion, we expect that others who comment about Amway -- or about the millions of hard-working, dedicated Amway distributors worldwide - will also seek to tell the truth, obey the law and respect others and their differences.
