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10-12-2006, 12:46 AM
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Woman wins 11.4 million dollar verdict on internet defamation case
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10-12-2006, 01:07 AM
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WTF?
That is seriously overboard...if you get THAT butthurt about what people post about you on a forum, then you have serious self-esteem issues.
The fact that this woman KNEW the other couldn't pay/attend anything, but did it for "the principle of the thing" is just 
AND...the poor other woman didn't even attend the court hearings, so her side wasn't even heard!?! WTF? Seriously, this woman needs a life!
Damn, so now instead of all of us being REPORTED we will be..what? sued? LMFAO..bring it on, is all i can say.
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10-12-2006, 08:20 AM
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It's not just an internet thing tho. When you go outside of the internet world and ruin someone's reputation badly, that can be cause for defamation... even though it's very hard to prove.
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10-12-2006, 09:35 AM
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LOL! GC should be completely run over with people suing one another around here since feelings are hurt so easily when you don't agree. 
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10-12-2006, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by epchick
WTF?
That is seriously overboard...if you get THAT butthurt about what people post about you on a forum, then you have serious self-esteem issues.
The fact that this woman KNEW the other couldn't pay/attend anything, but did it for "the principle of the thing" is just
AND...the poor other woman didn't even attend the court hearings, so her side wasn't even heard!?! WTF? Seriously, this woman needs a life!
Damn, so now instead of all of us being REPORTED we will be..what? sued? LMFAO..bring it on, is all i can say. |
From the article:
"Even with no opposing counsel and no defendant there, $11 million is a huge amount," says Pollack, adding that Scheff is considering whether to try to collect any money from Bock. "The jury determined this was a significant enough issue. It's not just somebody's feelings are hurt; it's somebody's reputation is ruined."
The loudmouths in the alumni initiation argument threads should read this. Lots of those arguments came very close to defaming posters, even some of their own sisters.
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10-12-2006, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Victor Ziegler
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"Even with no opposing counsel and no defendant there, $11 million is a huge amount," says Pollack, adding that Scheff is considering whether to try to collect any money from Bock. "The jury determined this was a significant enough issue. It's not just somebody's feelings are hurt; it's somebody's reputation is ruined."
The loudmouths in the alumni initiation argument threads should read this. Lots of those arguments came very close to defaming posters, even some of their own sisters.
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10-12-2006, 10:44 AM
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Our society has become so pathetic. We should let these type of people simply fight to the death...and then kill the winner.
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10-12-2006, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Victor Ziegler
The loudmouths in the alumni initiation argument threads should read this. Lots of those arguments came very close to defaming posters, even some of their own sisters.
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LOL sock puppet. Do you even know what defamation is?
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10-12-2006, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by valkyrie
LOL sock puppet. Do you even know what defamation is?
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Seriously. You'd also have to show that it hurt someone's actual reputation. While this woman seemed to be a little crazy herself by suing someone who couldn't afford to pay and was displaced by Katrina (oh no she's going to sue me now) there were grounds that her business had been hurt.
If you don't want to let your online life affect your real life, don't provide enough information for it to do so.
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10-12-2006, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by valkyrie
LOL sock puppet. Do you even know what defamation is?
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YOU MEAN CALLING SOMEONE SILLY OR POOPY OR MENTALLY CHALLANGDE DOES NOT IN FACT CONSTITOOT DEFAMING THEIR CHARACTER OR IMPUGNING THEIR PROFESSIONAL CREDIBILITY OMG
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10-12-2006, 12:54 PM
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lol yeah, tell me about it
Seriously though, personal responsibility has gone down the tubes... "WAH they found out my name through my myspace profile that says where I live and what schools I go to etc." is right up there with "WAH McDonald's shoved Big Macs down my throat and now I way 300 pounds" and "WAAAH I started smoking cigarettes way after everyone knew they were addictive but they made me!"
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10-12-2006, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Drolefille
lol yeah, tell me about it
Seriously though, personal responsibility has gone down the tubes... "WAH they found out my name through my myspace profile that says where I live and what schools I go to etc." is right up there with "WAH McDonald's shoved Big Macs down my throat and now I way 300 pounds" and "WAAAH I started smoking cigarettes way after everyone knew they were addictive but they made me!" |
I Love Drolefille. 
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10-12-2006, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Victor Ziegler
The loudmouths in the alumni initiation argument threads should read this. Lots of those arguments came very close to defaming posters, even some of their own sisters.
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Right, I am so sure that people's lives are ruined because someone called someone else an idiot. Oh god I lost my job, my house, my car, my family, my money! Damn you GC, damn you!
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10-12-2006, 02:54 PM
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I'm feeling defamed.
Send me money please.
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