A real estate company that was viciously maligned by a competitor won 100 000GBP in compensation for online libel. It took a fair bit of effort to figure out who was behind the site printing numerous slanders about Gentoo Ltd. but those responsible were finally singled out and settled out of court.
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The internet is still rather lawless. Perhaps the cyber police are finally badging up.
Internet Libel Getting Some Precedence
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Internet Libel Getting Some Precedence
It's time for me to hang up my horse and trade in my guns for a rocker then. Shucks.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left. ... Hold no regard for unsupported opinion.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.