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Doug Lord
10-12-2006, 07:56 AM
Considering some of the posts I've seen here over the last couple of months this article might be appropo:
Millions awarded in Internet defamation case - Tech News & Reviews - MSNBC.com
Address:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15226738/
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Same story with additional references:
USATODAY.com - Jury awards $11.3M over defamatory Internet posts
Address:http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-10-10-internet-defamation-case_x.htm
Figgy
10-12-2006, 08:42 AM
This is going to be good.
Raggi_Thor
10-12-2006, 08:49 AM
And if you spill hot cofee on your self you take the coffe shop to court :-)
Figgy
10-12-2006, 08:54 AM
We are a litigious society.
Raggi_Thor
10-12-2006, 09:43 AM
Had to look that one up,
"Tending to engage in lawsuits."
Doug Lord
10-12-2006, 01:00 PM
We could just talk about boat design and treat each other with respect and tolerance....
bilgeboy
10-12-2006, 02:42 PM
Hmm. I always thought it was litiginous, so looked it up, too. Litiginous is exactly synonymous with litigatious, which means pretty much the same thing as litigious, but I agree now that the best use, if describing a society, is litigious.
Is a member legally responsible if advice given in a forum leads to property damage or personal injury? Don't answer that, its a rhetorical question. There are enough ambulance chasers in my neck of the woods to scare the beejeesus out of anyone who stops to think about it.
Slippery slope, indeed. Agree with your last point, Doug, just wish you hadn't brought it up in the first place.
Mike
Richard Hillsid
10-12-2006, 04:11 PM
Isn’t calling lawyers trying to do their job ambulance chasers slander? lol ;)
Figgy
10-12-2006, 04:22 PM
Isn’t calling lawyers trying to do their job ambulance chasers slander? lol ;)
Oooooo...your right, gee, kinda afraid to post anything now. I love everyone, please dont sue me!
BB, you had me sweating it for a min. :)
This lawsuit is all over the internet, it was bound to be brought up here eventually.
antonfourie
10-17-2006, 09:09 AM
So how would you sue a person in Upper Mongolia, when their legal system is different to yours ?
This means that you can insult / slander a person as long as you are not in the same country .....
Ooops setting myself up a bit ....LOL
Poida
10-17-2006, 10:07 AM
Antonfourie - We can now serve an extradition order within countries that support this. So perhaps we could have sueing agreements between countries. We could start the international sueing agency. Maybe a price list would be easy.
Calling someone a mother#@cker $10 of course international exchange rates would apply.
Acusing someone of having an unusual relationship with an animal $2,500. Unless of course it was a politician then the $2,500 would be paid to the animal.
The international sueing agency would take a handling fee.
RHough
10-17-2006, 10:17 PM
This is going to be good.
I think we've been threatened. :eek:
First the personal attacks thread ... and now this ... from someone that argues with people trying to agree with them ... :confused:
Makes you wonder ... surely it does ... :D
Verytricky
10-18-2006, 10:29 AM
So my posts on the ugly boat thread could cost me money? I dont think so - any judge can see that sticking a pole and a bit of rag on a hull makes the boat ugly...
antonfourie
10-19-2006, 04:35 AM
Ugly is in the eye of the beer holder ......
Poida
10-19-2006, 08:25 AM
Anton, I'll drink to that!
Doug Lord
10-20-2006, 12:43 PM
I think we've been threatened. :eek:
First the personal attacks thread ... and now this ... from someone that argues with people trying to agree with them ... :confused:
Makes you wonder ... surely it does ... :D
Agree??!! Surely you jest! From the Legal Journal: "Convoluted thinking masquerading as 'agreement' is another form of misrepresentation" or something like that ....but it's been interesting.
safewalrus
10-20-2006, 06:15 PM
Whaaaat? No you've got it all wrong, whatever your talking about - so I guess that's me sued for talking poo (be different I normally just get told to shut up!)
RHough
10-20-2006, 10:38 PM
Agree??!! Surely you jest! From the Legal Journal: "Convoluted thinking masquerading as 'agreement' is another form of misrepresentation" or something like that ....but it's been interesting.
Well, I'll agree again. Misrepresentation is something that I'm sure you know more about than I.
i.e. using quotes on a phrase and then qualifying it with ... 'or something like that'
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