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For a website that many people post on,I'm surprised we don't see more of this happening here.I recently just found out what Libel is,by a person threatening to charge me if I didn't take down a statement mentioning him by name.He stated that using his real name (which was by accident as he did on another forum..where he used BOTH his "nickname followed by his real name as his login.)
Having remembered back to uni courses I had taken I did use the words "It seems.."Which would imply my opinion,as well as what I saw as fact.And therefore I was not stating that he was taking it off topic...it just "seemed" that way.
Basically it was a post from a news letter as the topic heading.I precieved him to have taken the topic off topic...I was mistaken.
He has fired me off a email warning me that he will sue for Libel,and for me to take the comment down.I took the comment down as I don't feel like being in court.
In no way was foul language used etc.He was suing for me using his realname (I dont know the person)in context with a false statement.
What do you guys think?
Any other Libel stories out there?
Having remembered back to uni courses I had taken I did use the words "It seems.."Which would imply my opinion,as well as what I saw as fact.And therefore I was not stating that he was taking it off topic...it just "seemed" that way.
Basically it was a post from a news letter as the topic heading.I precieved him to have taken the topic off topic...I was mistaken.
He has fired me off a email warning me that he will sue for Libel,and for me to take the comment down.I took the comment down as I don't feel like being in court.
In no way was foul language used etc.He was suing for me using his realname (I dont know the person)in context with a false statement.
What do you guys think?
Any other Libel stories out there?