shoemoney.com — The owner of shoemoney.com currently ranked #66 on technorati's most popular blogs on the internet has been called to testify over comments made on his blog. Evidently one reader is suing another after being slandered on the popular blog. Is this going to be a landmark case or is there already case law pertaining to slander in blog comments ?
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Closed AccountSep 2, 2006
I completely support this.I have been the victim of damaging things being said regarding myself online. I am not talking about "I think he's a jerk" or "boy, he stinks like cheese". I'm talking about things that offend me to think about inventing about *anyone*. They have been invented by two groups of people. Former members of my site who were banned for misbehaving and harassing or defrauding my other members -- or by my competitors.The problem is, there is nothing I can do about it. Presuming anything could reasonably be done about it, the amount of time involved in gathering and documenting things and the legal expertise and representation involved is so prohibitive that only wealthy people and corporations can truly afford to defend their reputations from personally and professionally harmful malicious statements.
jpfinchSep 2, 2006
Shoemoney is a shameless SEO spammer - I shed no tears if he has to go to court.
vernsanSep 2, 2006
Thanks for clarifying.
sukinoSep 2, 2006
They made adblock for a reason is all I have to say.
zankySep 2, 2006
@SeumasYou misunderstand me, I completely agree with you, but I'm just saying that if people start suing for slander on the net, it's only a matter of time before the justice system gets BLOATED with nonsense full of "n00b" and "RTFA"/ "RTFM" and "lus33r!!!" and other random crap.The Internet is full of mean and evil people. It's an essential SKILL to survive to be able to navigate around these people.
aboydSep 3, 2006
ssclafani, thanks for that! I gave you a digg.