Zero Hedge, some describe it as a fiscal doomsday cult led by a copyright infringing ex-securities dealer. Others refer to it as a good source of financial research. In terms of information, Zero Hedge's Manifesto is to improve upon the media by liberating 'oppressed' information and provide skeptical critique of events among other things. The view of Zero Hedge appears to be that the Internet is a better place because of it since the information it presents provides insights into financial events that are occasionally reported in a less revealing analytical light.
Who is Tyler Durden?
Tyler Durden is the name of the publisher on the site and a movie character. The author's picture, up to this point in time, is a an image of Brad Pitt's character in the movie 'Fight Club'. There is one post in the Zero Hedge blog by a person named 'Cornelius', however the blog 'Naked Capitalism' and New York Media, LLC refer to a former Securities Dealer named 'Daniel Ivandjiisk' as openly having stated to a hedge fund publication that he writes for Zero Hedge, but not as the sole author. Judging by the number of in depth posts, including guest posts per day, there is reason to agree with that statement.
What does Zero-Hedge mean?
Zero hedge is referring to the fact that on a long enough time horizon, risk off is the name of the game. In other words, we all die, therefore all attempts at risk management ultimately fail. Steven Hawking has a similar reasoning regarding the fate of the Earth, but not necessarily the human species as it at least has a chance of buying time if it can be relocated to other planets per 'Big Think'.
History
Zero Hedge began as a blog in July 24, 2009 with a post about the challenges facing legacy media products. The New York Times is an example of a legacy media product. The blog then goes on to dicuss Max Keiser, former Wall Street Broker and host of Russian Television's Keiser Report. Zero Hedge also favors the use of the word 'kleptocracy', used by Keiser to refer to those in power who wield authoritative decisions in an effort to steal. By July 29, 2009, only five days later, the Zero Hedge blog moved to the website http://www.zerohedge.com.
Copyright Infringement
Copyright infringement and violation of registered trademarks are apparently not an enormous concern for Zero Hedge. There are a lot of posts on the website, whether or not all the texts, documents, slide shows, videos and images comply with the DMCA, fair use or applicable copyright licensing is up for debate and would take some research. In 2009 cease and desist notices were sent by Merrill Lynch to 'Tyler Durden' per the Citizen Media Law Project. For a publisher so bent on kleptocracy, Durden has a double-standard that echoes or hints of a similar agenda to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Only thing is, Assange's content is probably copyright protected per Plagiarism Today. Perhaps the Law Offices of Jeff Martin OR Goodman Acker could help 'him' out when they're not working on traffic claims as they both have license to the exact same commercial and attempt to give an intimidating impression.
Where is the Zero-Hedge Server located? Switzerland, and the IP address for the website is 178.209.48.14. Tyler Durden may even knowingly or unknowingly be a Russian propaganda agent bent on undermining the confidence of investors in U.S. markets. That is 100% pure tongue in cheek speculation based on symmetries in anti-banking themes and terminology between Zero Hedge and the Keiser Report. The Zero-Hedge Google website traffic rank is 6 of a possible 10, and it has over 12,000 backlinks per Alexa Website Traffic Stats.
Copyright infringement and violation of registered trademarks are apparently not an enormous concern for Zero Hedge. There are a lot of posts on the website, whether or not all the texts, documents, slide shows, videos and images comply with the DMCA, fair use or applicable copyright licensing is up for debate and would take some research. In 2009 cease and desist notices were sent by Merrill Lynch to 'Tyler Durden' per the Citizen Media Law Project. For a publisher so bent on kleptocracy, Durden has a double-standard that echoes or hints of a similar agenda to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Only thing is, Assange's content is probably copyright protected per Plagiarism Today. Perhaps the Law Offices of Jeff Martin OR Goodman Acker could help 'him' out when they're not working on traffic claims as they both have license to the exact same commercial and attempt to give an intimidating impression.
Where is the Zero-Hedge Server located? Switzerland, and the IP address for the website is 178.209.48.14. Tyler Durden may even knowingly or unknowingly be a Russian propaganda agent bent on undermining the confidence of investors in U.S. markets. That is 100% pure tongue in cheek speculation based on symmetries in anti-banking themes and terminology between Zero Hedge and the Keiser Report. The Zero-Hedge Google website traffic rank is 6 of a possible 10, and it has over 12,000 backlinks per Alexa Website Traffic Stats.
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