Business Critics

Scott Larsen operates a Web site critical of Quixtar and the Independent Business Owners (IBOs) it supports. His motivations for doing so are unclear, although he was an Amway distributor for a brief time in the early 1990s (March 1993 to February 1994). The Web provides an opportunity for anyone to exercise their right to free speech. This is Mr. Larsen's right as well, provided the content he shares does not infringe on copyright laws or become libelous. There have been occasions where Quixtar has asked that certain materials be removed from his site, including an incidence shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, when he posted mock images of explosions at Alticor World Headquarters and the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, suggesting the company was under attack.