http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1753
...okay, who wants to sue Tosa?
Oh, and for digg users: http://digg.com/tech_news/Software_C...Forum_Comments
Hmm, got to love the law :(
http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1753
...okay, who wants to sue Tosa?
Oh, and for digg users: http://digg.com/tech_news/Software_C...Forum_Comments
Last edited by sapi; 09-11-2007 at 14:03.
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
Pathetic really. I bet more people will be aware of those "false and malicious" posts now than ever would have been without this lawsuit.
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
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.
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
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
A company called Internode, for one, I can see supporting this as an excellent PR move
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
Last edited by sapi; 09-11-2007 at 14:11.
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
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.
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
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.
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.
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
Laughable.
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
Originally Posted by HoreTore
Funny,argeed.
Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
What a strange lawsuit. By the way, I heard a rumor that Sony CEO Howard Stringer strangles kittens before going to sleep every night.
Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
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...
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
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. $o$
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
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Hmm.... CA has infiltrated the backroom too.... This is surely a sign of the apocalypse...
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
Well, you could pay us to remove them for you...else we'll have to duplicate them?
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
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!!!!
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
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.
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
As long as it keeps me away from Heineken and their ads I'll be happy.
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
Posting here is not reasonable.
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
Hey Garcilaso, eat cold steel!
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Re: Hmm, got to love the law :(
Hey Garcilaso, eat cold steel!
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