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Randy (Schatten)
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 7:32 pm: | |
found here:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/28/197245&mode=thread
interesting article.
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CA Court: Message Boards Are Opinions, Not Facts
Posted by chrisd on Wednesday November 28, @03:06PM
from the special-rights-for-special-people dept.
Masem writes: "According to this Newsbytes story, a CA appeals court has issued a ruling that says that typical messages posted to internet message boards can not be considered as libel or slander, as they inheritently are framed as opinions and not as statements of fact. The case stems from rather negative comments posted by defendants about a computer reseller company on the internet; the company sued for libelous comments; lower courts did initially rule for the company, but the appeals court has overturned this. While not every message posted in a public forum is safe, the court's decision seems to convey that unless the message is framed as a form of fact, then any message posted to a public internet forum should
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William_Huber (Solipsist)
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2001 - 6:01 pm: | |
Wow, sueing your customers? Thats great CSI report for VWNA. Jumping Jesus on a pogostick, don't they think before they act? |
Martin (Miami348ts)
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2001 - 4:44 pm: | |
You can not get better publicity than sueing your customers.... or can you?
I'd say that dealer is going to have a VW sign hanging for another 6 months tops.
....then he is going to be "Dumb A*S Used Cars" |
92MondialCab (Jmg)
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2001 - 2:54 pm: | |
They dropped the suit today...bad path to sue your customers. They tell 2 friends, and they tell 2 friends and somebody gets on the net and they tell 200 million friends and so on, and so on. |
Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2001 - 2:01 pm: | |
Yes, it was a VW dealer here in Atlanta. You must be careful and only post the truth. Nothing can be done against you legally as long as what you post is the truth, even if it is defamatory. That's why I have been so careful to only post facts I can prove as true on this site about Ferrari of New England. |
Mark (Study)
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2001 - 1:39 pm: | |
A dealer sued a customer because he posted on teh web about the bad service he got. Post is getting 3000 hits per hour from ever car club, really picking up momentum! Big mess.
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