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From: jpm@bnl.UUCP (John McNamee)
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Subject: Re: Legalities
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Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 15:03:47 EST
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> >Has anyone ever been sued over anything done over the net?
> >Or do you guys just like threatening each other alot???
> 
> For obvious reasons I'm not going to go into details, but I am aware
> of at least one case where a site was threatened with a lawsuit after
> one of it's users posted a message which stated that another company's
> product was "garbage".  This happened a couple of years ago.  While
> this might be an extreme case, it shows that the need for moderation
> of some sort is not that off base.

I hope that when guidelines for moderation are drawn up that negative
product comments are not grounds for rejection. If a printed review called
a product "garbage" the vendor might write a nasty letter to the editor
and maybe not advertise in that publication, but they wouldnt sue them.
I'm all for Stargate, but I would hate to see the moderation so strict
that people couldn't express their feelings about bad products.
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			John McNamee
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