Recently, the M.A.L.adies practiced some of their by-now predictable mudslinging at photographer Mark Metternich, for the sole reason, as usual, that he considers Marc Adamus his "favorite landscape photographer."
Somehow, that name rang a bell. A little research took me back to this post from Metternich on the FredMiranda.com site last year. Talk about an eye-opener!
You see, in the weeks beforehand, someone had hacked their way into Metternich's account on that site and, posing as Metternich himself, posted slanderous attacks on Marc Adamus (sound familiar?) and, moreover, apparently stole other people's images, modified them in Photoshop, and presented them as their own work.
Now, I'm not going to say that the anonymous person(s) who did that is/are the same as the person(s) running the M.A.L. website...but there is a certain similarity to their M.O.s, don't you think?
By the way, unauthorized access of a computer (including assuming another person's identity) is at least a misdemeanor in every state in the nation; in many states, it is considered a felony. If apprehended, the perpetrator of such an act may be facing a long stint where the only "landscape" he gets to see consists of the tattoos on his 400-pound cellmate, "Bubba."
Hmmm...maybe we now have a better idea of why the M.A.L.adies hide behind pseudonyms, and don't want anyone to see (and possibly identify) their own photographs?
Meanwhile, it's worth noting that it has been twenty-four days since the issuance of the M.A.L. Challenge, with no sign that the gutless wonders will respond by showing us their own photographs.
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Excellent post here. It is only time before these morons identities are revealed. I personally know Mark Metternich and he as outstanding an individual as I have ever met. I have also had the luxury to see his digital development and raw files and can not believe what these M.A.L.adies: liars, cowards...COMPUTER CRIMINALS have said and lied about him. Keep up the great work countering these slanderous law breakers. Time will reveal who they are.
ReplyDeleteI too have posted some comments supporting Marc and Mark on the MAL site and they were never posted. They were simple and appropriate. But apparently you are right, the person running that creepy site moderates the blog to only show comments mainly in their favor (or just creates them to look like other write them).
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