I was reviewing some of the business practices at Kimkins and thought -Does Kimmer not know when to stop? I think the answer is- No!....Thus, the résumé of what reads as one illegal act after another continues.
So much for that Business Administration degree, eh Heidi.
- Fraudulent Success Stories- Check
- Lifting pics from aRussian Bride sites- Check
- Instruction on a WOE that is equal to learning an Eating Disorder- Check
- Viral Internet Marketing- Check
- Hiding Member's Health Side-effects by Censorship and intimidation- Check
- Illegal Banning of Members- Check
- Copyright Infringement...still- Check
The copyright infringement continues at Kimkins.com, even after the owner, Heidi Diaz- a.k.a Kimmer, has been notified by the writer or artist of the copyrighted material.
The following is one example written by Deanna Glick and appeared originally at thatsfit.com
Mag apologizes for Kimkins story - That's Fit
Posted: Mar 10th 2008 5:00PM by Deanna Glick
Filed under: Diet and Weight Loss
The Kimkins saga continues. If you haven't been following the story, you may want to check out our previous coverage on the subject. But basically, Kimkins is an Internet-based starvation diet scam that's drawn scrutiny and investigation in the past year or so. And a class action lawsuit, being joined by former Kimkins members who have suffered ill health due to following the so-called diet, is in the works.
According to a recent Consumer Affairs story, Woman's World Magazine issued an apology to its readers a few weeks ago for a story that appeared in the publication several months ago boasting about Kimkins. But the apology certainly didn't mean the fat 300-pound woman behind the scam -- who publishes fake "after" photos that are identified as her on the web site -- had to pay back any of the $1.2 million in membership fees that were paid in the booming months following the feature story.
But as a victim myself, I am happy to see anything that exposes Kimkins. No, I didn't pay membership fees and I've never followed the "diet." But the woman running the show did steal my words from another web site to put up on her own. She gave credit to the web site, but not to me. Either way, she never sought permission to publish the article. And when asked to remove it from her site, simply switched the accessibility of the page to members only. I don't know why she's so intent on keeping my words for members' viewing. The article was about managing type 1 diabetes. It must have been the title, Food Frugality, that caught her eye. But as with most words, context is everything.
Posted: Mar 10th 2008 5:00PM by Deanna Glick
Filed under: Diet and Weight Loss
The Kimkins saga continues. If you haven't been following the story, you may want to check out our previous coverage on the subject. But basically, Kimkins is an Internet-based starvation diet scam that's drawn scrutiny and investigation in the past year or so. And a class action lawsuit, being joined by former Kimkins members who have suffered ill health due to following the so-called diet, is in the works.
According to a recent Consumer Affairs story, Woman's World Magazine issued an apology to its readers a few weeks ago for a story that appeared in the publication several months ago boasting about Kimkins. But the apology certainly didn't mean the fat 300-pound woman behind the scam -- who publishes fake "after" photos that are identified as her on the web site -- had to pay back any of the $1.2 million in membership fees that were paid in the booming months following the feature story.
But as a victim myself, I am happy to see anything that exposes Kimkins. No, I didn't pay membership fees and I've never followed the "diet." But the woman running the show did steal my words from another web site to put up on her own. She gave credit to the web site, but not to me. Either way, she never sought permission to publish the article. And when asked to remove it from her site, simply switched the accessibility of the page to members only. I don't know why she's so intent on keeping my words for members' viewing. The article was about managing type 1 diabetes. It must have been the title, Food Frugality, that caught her eye. But as with most words, context is everything.
As the pending class action lawsuit continues to gain momentum it becomes clear to me, that the only way to stop Heidi Diaz's business practices is to have her answer for them in a court of law.
Check out the blog Say No to Kimkins to view more on this topic.
Original image source -http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResumeW/index.html
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4 comments:
After discovering that it was indeed "too late to take that back," you would think that Heidi Diaz would clean up her act and fly straight for a change. Apparently, she still feels untouchable. I wonder what infamous quotes will be attributed to her next when she finds out, yet again, that she's not.
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Why are you surprised? Since she has no conscience, evidently Heidi subscribes to the theory - May as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb!
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