YES! and they addressed that in this article; East Coast Diversified Corporation Addresses Recent Drop in Share Price and Possible Short Selling http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/news/article.asp?docKey=600-201006150500MRKTWIREUSPR____0631249-1¶ms=timestamp||06/15/2010%205:00%20AM%20ET||headline||East%20Coast%20Diversified%20Corporation%20Addresses%20Recent%20Drop%20in%20Share%20Price%20and%20Possible%20Short%20Selling||docSource||Market%20Wire||provider||ACQUIREMEDIA||realtedsyms||%7CUS%3BECDC&ticker=ECDC:US