Hmm, got to love the law :(

[sapi]

http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1753

...okay, who wants to sue Tosa? :wall:

Oh, and for digg users: http://digg.com/tech_news/Software_Company_Sues_Australian_Broadband_Site_For_Forum_Comments

[Slyspy]

Pathetic really. I bet more people will be aware of those "false and malicious" posts now than ever would have been without this lawsuit.

[FactionHeir]

Hmm the question is whether they'd:
-Sue the poster
-Sue the moderator
-Sue the forum admin
-Sue the webhost

In a way, all of them are guilty of "allowing injurious statements", but I wonder why they sue the founder only.

Of course, it goes without saying that this is quite ridiculous, but I suppose from a legal perspective (and I'm no lawyer) this might actually go through as print media such as newspapers would be sued for posting such an article/allowing commentary to contain such material.

[sapi]

The ironic thing is that sueing the forum over bad publicity is stirring up a hell of a lot more than they could ever have bargained for ~:)

Someone in the official thread, however, mentioned that since the forum requires registration, but not validation, in some way the T&C (signing away responsibility for post content) might not be valid (I guess because they can't prove that a human hit OK?)

What's the legal standing of that, out of interest?

The interesting thing about this case to me is the fact that the forums serve as a semi-official discussion board for several major ISPs over here in Australia, at least one of which goes so far to have the CEO as a forum regular.

Now if they decide to offer financial support, this will get very funny, very quickly :grin2:

A company called Internode, for one, I can see supporting this as an excellent PR move :yes:

EDIT @FH - I guess they sue the founder only because he's the only one whose identity they have without getting IP warrants and the like :grin2:

[Adrian II]

After reading the Statement of Claim I have to say I don't understand this lawsuit.

None of the messages on that website were apparently out of order, and I mean any order whatsoever. Nearly all were relevant, many were clearly based in fact or in the poster's experience with that software. Which seems to be junk indeed. I had never heard of 2Clix before, but I will strongly advise against buying it should anyone in my circle consider that.

[Husar]

I was assuming that without reading anything further Adrian.
If a company has some trust in the quality of it's products, it wouldn't sue easily in case of negative comments. They probably need those 150.000$ to prevent going bankrupt.:laugh4:

I mean there are other companies which got bad feedback about their products which just changed their quality standards and/or actually listened to the complaints instead of just sueing anyone who disagrees.

[HoreTore]

Laughable.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Laughable.

:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

Funny,argeed.

[Lemur]

What a strange lawsuit. By the way, I heard a rumor that Sony CEO Howard Stringer strangles kittens before going to sleep every night.

[Banquo's Ghost]

By the way, I heard a rumor that Sony CEO Howard Stringer strangles kittens before going to sleep every night.

:beadyeyes2:

You are a bad prosimian. Right, two can play at that game - if I go to the slammer, I insist on company. I'm over to the Hardware forum to make allegations about Larry Ellison and Steve Job's ferrets...

[eat cold steel]

Alright! It's open season! So which of you had said anything negative about our games? PM me if you wish to settle out of court, I am a reasonable man, I am sure we can work something out. $o$

[Ser Clegane]

-Sue the moderator

:uhoh:


:creep:

[HoreTore]

Alright! It's open season! So which of you had said anything negative about our games? PM me if you wish to settle out of court, I am a reasonable man, I am sure we can work something out. $o$

Hmm.... CA has infiltrated the backroom too.... This is surely a sign of the apocalypse...

[TevashSzat]

:end:

[sapi]

Alright! It's open season! So which of you had said anything negative about our games? PM me if you wish to settle out of court, I am a reasonable man, I am sure we can work something out. $o$
Well, you could pay us to remove them for you...else we'll have to duplicate them? :laugh4:

[Ronin]

If I ever get sued for the **** that I say here I only have one thing to say....

If I go down I´m taking everybody down with me!!!! :laugh4:

[Beirut]

I hear Bill Gates is preparing to sue Lemur for a quintillion dollars and have him sent to Guantanamo Bay for all the things he's written aout Vista in the Hardware Forum.

And for all of you who wrote "Heineken sucks!" in the Frontroom.... Jail time, baby, jail time.

[naut]

And for all of you who wrote "Heineken sucks!" in the Frontroom.... Jail time, baby, jail time.
As long as it keeps me away from Heineken and their ads I'll be happy.

[Caius]

Alright! It's open season! So which of you had said anything negative about our games? PM me if you wish to settle out of court, I am a reasonable man, I am sure we can work something out. $o$
Posting here is not reasonable.

[Gregoshi]

Posting here is not reasonable.
Hey Garcilaso, eat cold steel! :laugh4:

[sapi]

Hey Garcilaso, eat cold steel! :laugh4:
:grin2: