Tony
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A quick search on iTunes reveals 73 podcasts with the word “wedding” in the title. These guys will beat each other senseless and it won’t even be a blip on the wedding podcast landscape. Welcome to New Media.

Michael it’s your blog keep the posting up if you like I don’t mind when you’re in the public eye people will make their own judgments.

Mr. Alan Bloom former member of the NJVA and creator of the 30 minuet edit..thank you for your support and encouragement.

Ralph Mucci

The Wedding Planning Audiocast

This is a case of cyberstalking. Ralph Mucci purposely has created confusion in the marketplace. It’s not WHAT he did, but HOW he did it. As an entrepreneur of a start up new media online business we need safeguards to be in place. They do not currently exist for protection of Internet businesses. Do you think it’s okay that he called our web designer and publicist using a fake identity name pumping for information about our company to directly compete against us? Holli & I are trying to make inroads for podcasters everywhere as a viable place to make a living and support our family. What we have created matters to us. Weddings are a $125 billion industry. We would appreciate it if you did not trivialize our efforts.

Ralph Mucci is a despicable human being and I believe that he is a pathological liar. We are not the first to be the victim of Ralph. He has done (and continues to do) similar things to other videographers. We are just the only ones to take action against him. He has used delay tactics to avoid telling his story in front of a judge. Is he afraid of the mountain of evidence that we have against him?

Why would Ralph Mucci need to visit our website thousands of times? Why would he need to download our podcasts nearly 900 times (we have 135 episodes online)? Why does he post negative comments on iTunes and other places on the Internet about our podcasts and favorable ones about his using fake identities? Feel free to check it out for yourself. He has even attacked Holli & I personally on various blogs around the world. How would you feel if you were in our shoes? How are we supposed to brand ourselves if someone like Ralph uses our company website and content as his favorite resource to create his business and directly compete against us? We are reluctant to release new concepts for fear that he will copy them and create more confusion. Is that fair? Ralph has copied and distributed the content of press releases that we have paid a lot of money for a publicist to write. We have proof of all of this. He proudly admits to regularly contacting our guests to be on his show yet he makes his guests sign a contract stipulating that they can not appear on Wedding Podcast Network. We have a copy of this contract. Are there not enough wedding experts in the world where he has to go after the exact same people we feature? He contacts our sponsors to work with him and damages our relationship. We have proof of interference with our sponsors. We will be proving damages.

Ralph Mucci is a menace. I don’t wish what he has done to us over the last 2 years on my worst enemy. I welcome anyone to contact me for the full details. Want to hear about the time he ambushed me by blocking my car and trying to physically assault me? Luckily I was able to maneuver around him and avoided injury.

To challenge his lie above I want to make it very clear that Ralph Mucci is the reason that the article was written. Ralph contacted the newspaper to harass them because they refused to do an article about him on podcasting after they found out what he was doing to us. I am on record stating that I wanted our case to go to court before speaking to the media. We were forced into participating in the article. Ralph Mucci caused the Star Ledger to write the article at this point. Even the author of the article can attest to that, just ask her. The Star Ledger’s legal department insisted that the story be done because of all of the harassing phone calls they got from him. That is what Ralph Mucci does.

Michael, I would take you up on your offer of being an expert witness except for the fact Ralph is afraid to go to court. Come on Ralph crawl out of your hole in the basement and let’s go to court and set a precedent that proves what you are doing is unfair business practice.

Ralph Mucci is the worst thing to happen to podcasting. Hey Ralph why did you refuse to give your interview to the paper in person? Were you afraid to let Kelly see what a creep you really are?

There is nothing unjust about the lawsuit. It is distressing to have to deal with this situation but we will not let Ralph Mucci get away with what he is doing and make a mockery of us. If it turns out that what Ralph is doing is deemed acceptable behavior in the digital space then podcasting as a viable business is doomed. Every podcaster that desires to make a good living with podcasting should keep a close eye on the outcome of this case. We are comforted by the overwhelming support we have received from fellow podcasters and hope that we can count on yours.

BTW - don’t be surprised if Ralph goes crazy after reading this comment and requests that you remove it from your blog. We are all too familiar with how he operates.

Robert Allen
Wedding Podcast Network

You are very correct in regards to many of the statements you have made above on this case. I for one certainly did not ask for this unjust lawsuit. Neither did I want it to be made public. You may thank the Wedding Podcast Network for the negative publicity and the impact it may have on the podcasting industry.

As podcasters,videographers, wedding professionals. etc… we should be working with one another to make the wedding community and the world of podcasting stronger. This type of press only sends out unfavorable messages. It is ashame that one podcaster feels he has a copyright on such ideas. To my fellow podcasters out there do not let this case put a damper on what your doing. If you believe in something and enjoy it continue to pursue it. Never let any one intimidate you. The podcast community must continue, be kept alive and continue to grow!

Ralph Mucci
The Wedding Planning Audiocast

Thanks again for taking the time to do the interview. I think there is some great information in there for companies that are looking to dip their toe into the pool of new media.

-Scott

5. Many content producers have finally realized that if they want to monetize, they are on their own. You are your own best salesperson. Need proof? Look at who did not attend this year. If ad sales/aggregation groups were working as a market segment, they would have been the largest contingent of exhibitors. Most have vanished or “refocused” their business plans.

I saw Podtrac and Wizard media with booths there and they both do ad sales/aggregation.

I never implied any ‘wants’ except for the theoretical “Richard Cheese want” which was to put his act before an audience to help promote his music to a new media audience and by doing so, benefit from the incidental exposure on many of our blogs and podcasts. I think your comment implies that I devilishly wanted something. If I had any “wants” going to this concert, it was to enjoy a great show. I didn’t want any kerfuffle and I certainly didn’t want my friends getting spit on, that is for sure.

I did not mean to imply that I am special, that “new media” is special or that any particular group deserves less or more respect and courtesy. I meant that the circumstances were special. It is not every day you have 600 bloggers and podcasters in one room, each of which having a reach of hundreds, or thousands, and even some, hundreds of thousands of readers, listeners and viewers. On top of that, many of these bloggers and podcasters flew into Las Vegas from all over the country. You just can’t replicate an audience like that every day.