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Dom Watts is an unlikely consumer champion. Yet, the dad of three from Croydon took on the power and might of Kodak – and won.

His Kodakcamera protest Web site became the focus for a month-long campaign by consumers in search of fair play.

Yesterday, Kodak caved in to pressure and agreed to honour a deal for a cut-price digital camera – even though it maintained that the price tag of £100 was a mistake.

For Dom, Kodak’s capitulation proved to be the start of a busy round of newspaper and TV interviews for the IT contractor.

Keep-up pressure on Kodak, say campaigners – The Register

In a posting on the Kodak Camera campaign web site, Internet veteran Dr Laurence Godfrey (Godfrey v Demon Internet Ltd [1999] EWHC QB 244) wrote: “I am very pleased to read that there appears to have been a remarkable U-turn and now you are all going to get your cameras.

Malc – Dom Watts – Dr Laurence Godfrey / 2002 Kodak HQ Hemel Hempstead
The Sun Newspaper 2002

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Dom Watts on Working Lunch 2002
Dom Watts interviewed by Gerald Main BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 2002
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Dom Watts founded the Ministry of Injustice in July 2021. Dom is an IT Professional with 30+ years experience in Tier 1 Banking, Government, Defence, Healthcare and Global Blue Chips. Dom has no legal training and is not a lawyer but has previously consulted for a Magic Circle Law Firm. You can find Dom on X or Google.

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In 2002 Dom Watts was an unlikely consumer champion. The dad of three from Croydon took on the power and might of Kodak – and won...Dom on BBC Working Lunch

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