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PAULH
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| poof wrote: |
An interesting topic.
Although PaulH seems well informed about the legal issue, it sounds too ineffective for today's times of internet forums when anyone could in theory slander anyone cross borders. Are you saying that provided a server is in another territory, there is no claim to sue? |
If you are a business owner in Japan how can you sue an administrator in the US, unless you took him to court? Its much easier and more effective to simply boycott his site and say you refuse to pay any more advertising fees. Money talks and an admin would rather delete posts than scare off paying customers. It very rarely gets to the suing stage, and that to my mind is a very North American way of thinking - "I've beem offended or my business has been affected, I'll sue for damages".The school would actually have to prove it has lost money as a result of negative ads. A hard thing to do IMO. |
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yamanote senbei
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 5:51 am Post subject: Re: Can a school sue me for posting facts about it online ? |
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Can a school really sue someone, who is living in another country for posting about them on public forums ??
Has anyone had reprecussions from posting on a public forum before ?
Do I have to worry about this post ? |
They could sue you for anything. The question is whether they will or not, and the answer is no. The next question and answer is whether they will win, and the answer is probably no. |
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shuize
Joined: 04 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| For what it's worth, I seem to recall reading something about internet site owners being held immune from lawsuits based on the content of user posts under U.S. law. If I remember where I read that, I'll post a follow up. |
47 U.S.C. Sec. 230(c)(1) states as follows:
"No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another content provider."
In other words, Dave's cannot be held liable for posts made by users under U.S. law. |
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poof
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 10:58 am Post subject: |
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Aw, so the scumbagsinjapan guy was just a bouncer? What on earth was his real motive, then? Just nuts?
I seem to recall that he quoted posts on this website when they had the job information journal section up. 100% true, just like he said... |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 11:14 am Post subject: |
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| I seem to recall that he quoted posts on this website when they had the job information journal section up. 100% true, just like he said... |
I suppose you believe the national Enquirer just because it was in print too right?
No forum or source is 100% accurate, even mine or Glenski's posts but i would try and post as many relevant links as possible to back up my claims. What I remember of the scumbags site it was mainly muckraking and tabloid journalism and bordered on defamation without substantiated proof. |
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guest of Japan
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I believe scumbags was also based in Japan. The law referenced is an american law. Japan has very strong privacy laws. Names in print without permission, and especially if the person named is caused harm are open to lawsuits. Newspapers must ask permission before they can take even a random photo just in case the photo has a guy caught with his mistress.
I don't know exactly how Japanese law interprets internet message boards. In all honesty, knowing Japan, I doubt they've yet to seriously consider them. |
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