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Re: [dvd-discuss] EFF opposes blacklisting spammers
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] EFF opposes blacklisting spammers
- From: Bryan Taylor <bryan_w_taylor(at)yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 11:21:42 -0700 (PDT)
- In-Reply-To: <20011019195307.B25358@lemuria.org>
- Reply-To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Sender: owner-dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
--- Tom <tom@lemuria.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 10:41:51AM -0700, Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org wrote:
> > And such things would be actionable in court. Wrongly putting someone's
> > name on www.childmolesters.com not only would constitute defamation of
> > character (asserting that someone performs criminal acts, actionable in
> > California ) but may also allow punitive damages (fraud, oppression, or
> > malice).
>
> none of which will offset the damage done to you in that everyone in
> your small town sees you as a child abuser, ignorant of the lawsuit
> that went on someplace far away.
That would be the topic in the damages portion of the trial. If punitive
damages are awarded, you generally come out ahead.
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