SBA Default Rates – Threat and Revision

I received this threat for having put up Information on the site known as “Fit Small Business,” who would rather monetize the Information than provide it for the benefit of Franchisees doing their due diligence.

Regrettably, the site mentioned is more concerned about monetizing documented and publicly available Information than providing it freely, even by copy, to the people and businesses it claims to assist. This shameful behavior is consistent with those who pilfer Franchisees’ pockets for their own monetary benefit.

This particular post, nor the content of my site, is not monetized in any way similar to the monetizing done by “Fit Small Business”.

The original post had been properly attributed to the author under the “Fair Use Doctrine:

The threat begins here:

From: Compliance Fit Small Business <compliance@site name .com>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2022, 8:32 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Copyright Content on Your Site

It has come to the attention of Fit Small Business (“we,” “us” or “our”) that your website, worldwisefranchise.com, has published all or part of content to which Marc Waring Ventures, LLC, the parent company of Fit Small Business, owns the legal copyright.

Specially, please be advised that the following article(s) contain(s) significant portions of our copyrighted content:

Further, the following Fit Small Business and The Close article(s) (has/have) been illegally copied in full, without permission from us:

(Links Deleted by me)

Please remove the mentioned content and any other materials that violate our copyrights within seventy-two (72) hours of your receipt of this correspondence, or we will be forced to send you a formal notice to cease and desist. We are prepared to take further legal action should it become necessary to do so.

Regards,
Marc Waring Ventures, LLC

Marc Waring Ventures

355 Lexington Ave 18th FL
New York, NY 10017
[email protected]
Portfolio Companies:
Fit Small Business
The Close
Selling Signals

Their Disclaimer: We spend hours researching and writing our articles and strive to provide accurate, up-to-date content. However, our research is meant to aid your own, and we are not acting as licensed professionals. We recommend that you consult with your own lawyer, accountant, or other licensed professional for relevant business decisions.

(I’ll add to the above, however, do not use this information for due diligence unless prepared to be threatened by the site owner should you copy or print it for the benefit of those alleged it to be intended for.

As posted on their little site – “How We Make Money: We put hours of research into our articles. When readers buy products and services discussed on our site, we often earn affiliate commissions that support our work”.

Originally and formally posted as:

50 Best Franchises & 50 Worst Franchises by SBA Default Rates

Similar Information, at the time may have been found here:
Oh, and one more thing should you wish to GOOGLE and come up with this publicly available link, I found it here among the 56 million and seven hundred thousand publicly available posts when doing a google search on the subject:
Of course, I wouldn’t rely on the research or any of the Information on this site without independently researching the information yourselves, as their methodology and curating may be considered suspicious by some. Entirely your decision, however.
worldwisefranchise.com suggests that you never rely on any of the Information provided by the site known as “Fit Small Business” as their only interest is in bait clicking and monetizing your inquiry.
All of the above is published under the rules and regulations of the “Fair Use Doctrine” whereas a “link” to a source does not violate the “Fair Use Doctrine”.