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Re: [dvd-discuss] EFF opposes blacklisting spammers




--- 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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