I just received the official reply from the shirt manufacturer which confirms that Autism Speaks gave them legal notice to take down the shirt… read more to view the letter!
Dear Zach,
Thank you for your email.
Thank you for your interest in Zazzle.com, and thank you for publishing products on Zazzle. Unfortunately, we have been contacted by Autism Speaks Inc. and it was requested that these products be removed from Zazzle.com. At the risk of legal action taken against Zazzle and yourself as a contributor of these products, it was decided that it was in the best interest of both parties to have the products removed from the Zazzle Marketplace.
Thanks for using Zazzle!
Best Regards,
Marcos
Content Management Team
Zazzle.com, Inc.
Please spread this around online, the more people that know about this the better!
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Ask them formally for a copy of all correspondence with autism speaks. As far as I know, it’s your right and their duty to present it to you.
I posted a notice about this on Wrong Planet!
http://www.wrongplanet.net/article371.html
Hopefully we can make some noise about what they did!
We are talking about it on MDC as well.
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?p=11534851#post11534851
Hey, Zach, any chance you can press Zazzle to show something a little more ‘concrete’ for proof? I believe you’re telling the truth here, but Not everyone believes you.
(Course, I think the guy’s just trying to stir the pot, but hey, the more damning evidence the better, right?)
I just posted about it on autistics.org in the forum section. One member put up a whole load of angry faces in response! I feel the same as him about this whole thing!
Autism speaks does not own words
Do what Alex suggested, ask zazzle for a copy of this correspondence.
How dare they mention law enforcement?
It would be you (if you wanted to bother with that) who could sue them for such bullying threats
THANKS for letting us all know about this abusive behaviour from those who probably make money “in the name of autism”