Editing FatWallet (section)

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FatWallet users posted the sale prices of major retailers, often before they were officially released in retailers' advertisements, which involved the site in a legal dispute in 2002 involving [[Black Friday (shopping)|Black Friday]] advertisements. Several retailers, including [[Walmart]], [[Target Stores|Target]], [[Best Buy]] and [[Staples, Inc.|Staples]], have served FatWallet with [[Notice and take down|"take-down" notices]] pursuant to the [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]], claiming that their sale prices were [[copyright]]ed and must be removed from the FatWallet site. In addition, Wal-Mart served FatWallet with a [[subpoena]] to reveal the identity of the users who had posted Wal-Mart's prices, but the demand was later dropped.<ref name='NYT-Walker-2005-09-18'>
{{cite news | first= Rob | last= Walker | title= Collective Bargain Hunting: FatWallet.com  | date= 2005-09-18 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/magazine/18consumed.html  | work=The New York Times | accessdate = 2007-11-16 }}
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{{cite news | first= Randall | last= Stross  | title = Digital Domain: What to Do When Goliaths Roar? | date=  2007-11-18 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/technology/18digi.html?ref=technology | work=The New York Times | accessdate = 2007-11-18 }}
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Although FatWallet initially complied with the take-down notices due to the fear of liability, within two weeks it reposted the prices and argued that the prices were facts rather than expression, and therefore not subject to copyright. FatWallet filed a lawsuit in the [[U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]] against three of the retailers, seeking damages for knowing assertion of invalid copyright claims and a [[declaratory judgment]] that the take-down provisions of the DMCA were [[unconstitutional]]. The case, ''FatWallet, Inc. v. Best Buy Enterprise Services, Inc.'', was dismissed. The court ruled that FatWallet lacked [[standing (law)|standing]] to sue for any harm done to its users for having their postings temporarily removed, and FatWallet did not assert any injury to itself that the court found cognizable.<ref name='NYT-Stross-2007-11-18'/>

Since its launch, FatWallet has expanded its forums to include discussion on other financial topics such as investments, banking and credit cards. The Finance forum has been mentioned in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' and ''[[The New York Times]]'' referencing personal finance topics including on credit cards and [[401K]] investment tips.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

FatWallet launched "Best Deals" in 2009 (initially called "Today's Top Deals"), which features researched deals found on the internet by staff and members. Best Deals also features an "Expert Picks" section where staff research bigger ticket retail products like laptops, computers and HDTVs for the best value for the price, and post their endorsements each week.