Indymedia may be sued by Judge

The_Minister

Indymedia may be sued by judge curtain http://www.indymedia.ie/article/79652, due to comments made on a thread.

Tracy solicitors wrote:

Contact Form Submission
From: P. W. Tracey ( mailto: law@traceysolicitors.ie )

Reported Post: Story 79652 with title: The Non-Impeachment of Judge Brian Curtin
http://www.indymedia.ie/index.php?obj_id=53&story_id=79652&

We act on behalf of Brian Curtin. We find the allegations in this story to be
unfounded, untrue, and defamatory. Unless the story is removed immediately, we
intend issuing legal proceedings against named individuals in your organisation,
the ISP, and hoster of your site.

We look forward to hearing from you.

PW Tracey

Tracey Solicitors 24 Marlborough Street Dublin 1, Ireland. Tel: (01) 874 5656
Fax: (01) 874 5550 Email: law@traceysolicitors.ie ...

As such, I think in light of this that the mods should review the threads on this case and make sure that nothing illegal has been said. If they are googling, they will find boards soon

RuggieBear

ffs

The_Minister

RuggieBear wrote:

ffs

What? Should we not try to protect ourselves? I don't think its OTT to make sure that, with several threads on the subject, no libel has been committed. I know that boards has never been sued before but......

If I recall correctly, when this was discussed a few months ago, things got a little out of hand.

RuggieBear

sorry mate. Not aimed at you... aimed at another bloody solicitor threatening a website

Just My View

In Ireland the poor can't speak the truth and the rich don't have to, allegedly.

Hobbes

The_Minister wrote:

As such, I think in light of this that the mods should review the threads on this case and make sure that nothing illegal has been said. If they are googling, they will find boards soon

Good. If they find questionable stuff they have every right to ask for it to be removed. People do this on boards and boards in general complies.

Its standard letter tbh.

Only reason why there it has gone further with a company we can't name is because they asked for an apology as well, which imho they aren't entitled to (maybe from the OP).

The_Minister

RuggieBear wrote:

sorry mate. Not aimed at you... aimed at another bloody solicitor threatening a website

Ah, sorry I thought you thought that I was being pedantic.
In fairness though, indymedia deserves to be sued. They take, and allow only one viewpoint, whereas boards has numerous viewpoints so most sides are represented.

RuggieBear

The_Minister wrote:

Ah, sorry I thought you thought that I was being pedantic.
In fairness though, indymedia deserves to be sued. They take, and allow only one viewpoint, whereas boards has numerous viewpoints so most sides are represented.

Very true.

i wish there was someway to make the contributor (and not the "publisher") liable for what is said.

Wishful thinking:(

seamus

I suspect the offending line in that IndyMedia article is

The validity of his claim of innocence has never been tested in an open
court because he was acquitted on a technicality.

Which seems to make the allegation that he is in fact guilty but is "claiming" innocence, when in fact the opposite is legally true (He is innocent, but others are claiming he is guilty).

As Hobbes says, this is a standard legal letter, and Mr. Curtin has every right to request that such allegations be removed. If such an item is brought to boards.ie's attention it will be reviewed by the admins and removed if necessary.

hullaballoo

What? You mean innocent until proven guilty? What sort of legal system is this that doesn't convict absolutely anyone accused of a crime!? Bloody scandalous! "BUT WE KNOE HE DONE IT". /satire

The_Minister

Indymedia have removed the post.

Rb

RuggieBear wrote:

ffs

My sentiments exactly.

Sparky

The_Minister wrote:

Indymedia have removed the post.

Are you sure?

It's still up when I looked.

The_Minister

Sparky-s wrote:

Are you sure?

It's still up when I looked.

Not there for me.

seamus

The_Minister wrote:

Not there for me.

Still there for me...

The_Minister

seamus wrote:

Still there for me...

Not for me. There's 14 comments, and I went through each of them. How odd.

Hobbes

Its not there, its been removed. must be caching issue.

Should probably remove this one too.

seamus

Hobbes wrote:

Its not there, its been removed. must be caching issue. .

Definitely not. If the W3c validator can see it, then it's still there

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indymedia.ie%2Farticle%2F79652&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&ss=1

The_Minister

How many comments are coming up when you read it?

seamus

The_Minister wrote:

How many comments are coming up when you read it?

Oh the comment? That's gone. I assumed you were talking about the news article

The_Minister

/slaps forehead
omg. a group of intelligent, mature adults, and its taken us more than twelve hours to get on the same frequency. I'm so embaressed:o

koneko

Are you the poster formerly known as Firespinner, or is that someone else I'm thinking of?

The_Minister

koneko wrote:

Are you the poster formerly known as Firespinner, or is that someone else I'm thinking of?

I am indeed. I have reformed, and am now a productive member of boards.