At 09:07 PM 10/7/98 -0400, Steven J. Sobol wrote:
On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 08:31:28PM -0400, chrism@postino.raremedium.com wrote:
corportate lawyer sent a note to me (with copy to my company's legal counsel) that he found my "numerous notes" to be "offensive and harassing".
Heh. Point him to the Bill of Rights. :P
IANAL, but if they can prove anything he asserted as factual is not true - and he knew that when he posted - can't they sue him in civil court? Or something like that?
Of course, that's pretty hard to prove, but hey, OJ got off. :)
TTFN, patrick
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I believe you are talking about Libel, and if I recall, that requires the following tests be met: 1. Malice of intent 2. Knowledgeable untruth If either is missing, I believe libel cannot be prosecuted. IANAL either. Owen