Check out the Electronic Frontier foundation, Chillingeffects.org, and links off them. Look into the DMCA digital millenium copyright act.

It is important to be familiar with the basics, because there are sharks that can slam you for an innocent mistake.

Sean

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I beleive this is creating due-diligence on the Meal Assembly as a whole.

The goal is having the ZOR stop selling a failed concept (including re-sales) to ANYONE.

I would like to add that Meal Assembly is a GREAT concept=a Great CAUSE. It just does not make money, unless your super rich and need a great tax write off then I say- This is it- Serve your community, and do it well!

Ladies and Gentleman,

I wanted to post this front and center for all to see. I wanted to bring to light the type of people who work at and are in the employ of Dream Dinners. Stephanie has clearly revealed the type of business woman she is, but now let’s turn our attention to one of her minions who has been skulking around this very site posing as three different people. One of their very own has been touting the very virtues of Dream Dinners as a great and wonderful business that was pillaged for it’s new found ideas and would be doing exceptionally well had competition not arrived on the scene. He has also been pretending to be a troubled owner who wants us to feel sympathy and camaraderie for his plight and wishes to share in the warm glow of store ownership. Finally, he has been pretending to be a defiant and combative owner who doesn’t see why his parent company is the target of such hostility and blame.

This is who Dream Dinners is. This is who they employ.

My comments from the last post he left as Store Owner

John Tramatana/Jim Coosteel/Store Owner – You are one in the same and I can tell by the very garbage that spews forth from your lips, but beyond that, server logs don’t lie, I can see right through you. You sir, should be ashamed of yourself. Your deception and fraud are clear and this pathetic and downright scandalous behavior proves once and for all the type of company Dream Dinners really is. You are an embarrassment to this industry and you have no moral integrity whatsoever.

For this type of behavior you deserve to be terminated immediately. However, I am sure you fit right in with the rest of the Dream Dinners crowd; not only do they seem to support and encourage this type of behavior, they will probably even give you a raise.

I am going to leave your posts exactly as they are because you are right, customers can see this, and this is something they should see. They should see the types of lies and deceit Dream Dinners is capable of. They should see the level of misdirection they try to employ to make themselves look good and cover up their mistakes. They should see how you try to manipulate events and throw blame on others when you know you are guilty to the core. They should see the types of business practices you employ to discredit people who have worked for you, slaved for you, lost millions BECAUSE OF YOU. They should see the type of person a Dream Dinners will employ. They should see the type of person the store owners have to deal with while struggling to save their homes. They should see the level to which you will sink.

As John Tramatana – http://www.mealassemblywatch.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/01/07/can-you-compete-by-not-assembling-meals-for-customers/#comment-4131

As Jim Coosteel – http://www.mealassemblywatch.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/02/28/on-the-topic-of-a-coalition/#comment-4664

As Store Owner – http://www.mealassemblywatch.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/17/dream-dinners-the-bell-tolls-for-thee/#comment-5276

So what do you have to say for yourself John?

Make no mistake, I will do what I can to make sure this gets posted on Franchise Pundit, FranchisePick and Blue Mau Mau. I think everyone will be interested in what you have to say.

http://www.mealassemblywatch.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/05/03/the-deception-and-lies-of-dream-dinners/

Scott works at the HQ of PR Store, a franchise that provides PR and Ad-agency services. Scott,, hypothetically, how do you think your CEO would react if he found out that your agency-of-record was repackaging the marketing programs you paid them to develop, and marketing them to independent competitors of your franchisees? And worse: they set up a website to promote the program, and published the response rates of your campaigns to promote their package?

Check out my mealprepmarketing.com comment:
http://www.franchisepick.com/make-take-gourmet-meal-prep-franchisor-takes-failures-in-stride/#comment-33737

I will read (or reread) the article.
Though others who have tried to make MAKs or even DDs work may be more qualified on your particular situation.

I will say that I’m always skeptical of big-name tie ins for newer chains that don’t have thousands of units. Your marketing universe is within 5-10 miles of your location. Getting your message in front of the likeliest prospects within that universe in as frequently and persuasively as possible is where there money and effort should be focused.
YOU, your prospect’s neighbor and fellow community member, are the most powerful celebrity to promote – not Martha or Phil or Oprah.
IMHO, looking like a big, national chain helps sell franchises, not your services.

Sean