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Legally Speaking, Where Does Ms "The High Society" Stand???

  • 04-12-2007 10:01pm
    #1
    IT Loser
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    I mean, legally speaking, {as opposed to morally} is it simply a case of making a few outlandish claims without naming names and then walk to the bank laughing??? Should it be that easy, the nature of the "Coke Epidemic":( being what it is?? Is it enough to plead evidence, and then plead destruction of same when questions get asked???:confused::confused:


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  • #2
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,550 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    IT Loser wrote: »
    I mean, legally speaking, {as opposed to morally} is it simply a case of making a few outlandish claims without naming names and then walk to the bank laughing??? Should it be that easy, the nature of the "Coke Epidemic":( being what it is?? Is it enough to plead evidence, and then plead destruction of same when questions get asked???:confused::confused:

    It's a kind of fiction I suppose. She may as well have said "The characters portraid in this programme are fictional and any resemblances to real people are merely coincidence.

    Put another way, she provides valuable entertainment and no one's reputation is damaged. Kinda like David McWilliams, oh wait...


  • #3
    IT Loser
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    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    It's a kind of fiction I suppose. She may as well have said "The characters portraid in this programme are fictional and any resemblances to real people are merely coincidence.

    Put another way, she provides valuable entertainment and no one's reputation is damaged. Kinda like David McWilliams, oh wait...

    Or Paul Reynolds...or Paul Williams. Cutting Edge dudes that know less than your average Fingal Battalion 5 year old.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

    That said...could False Pretences apply here?? She took money....on the understanding that this was:

    1. True.

    2. Verifiably so.


  • #4
    Rhonda9000
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    False pretences is now the offence of deception is it not? Tabloid newspapers spring to mind as a daily sensationalist machine with unverifiable and frequently false, incorrect or misleading information on every topic under the sun. I see predominantly defamation wrangling involving those - never proceedings for putting out into the public domain, some partially true to life concept.


  • #5
    johnnyskeleton
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    IT Loser wrote: »
    That said...could False Pretences apply here?? She took money....on the understanding that this was:

    1. True.

    2. Verifiably so.


    No, she took the money on the understanding that:

    1. It was good television.

    2. It was not verifiably untrue.


  • #6
    IT Loser
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    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    No, she took the money on the understanding that:

    1. It was good television.

    2. It was not verifiably untrue.

    What was the basis for her book? That it was [A] an outrageous work of fiction, that it was a loose assessment of Irish Society, intended to be taken with a pinch of salt, or that it was [C] TRUE.

    "Friends" is good TV. Its also total bollox and doesn't pretend to be real.


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  • #7
    IT Loser
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    Rhonda9000 wrote: »
    False pretences is now the offence of deception is it not? Tabloid newspapers spring to mind as a daily sensationalist machine with unverifiable and frequently false, incorrect or misleading information on every topic under the sun. I see predominantly defamation wrangling involving those - never proceedings for putting out into the public domain, some partially true to life concept.[/QUOTE]

    I think this wench deliberately, a la certain Sunday World journos, took an atom of truth and padded it like all hell. Thats what I think.


  • #8
    Rhonda9000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 451 ✭✭Rhonda9000


    IT Loser wrote: »
    Rhonda9000 wrote: »
    False pretences is now the offence of deception is it not? Tabloid newspapers spring to mind as a daily sensationalist machine with unverifiable and frequently false, incorrect or misleading information on every topic under the sun. I see predominantly defamation wrangling involving those - never proceedings for putting out into the public domain, some partially true to life concept.[/QUOTE]

    I think this wench deliberately, a la certain Sunday World journos, took an atom of truth and padded it like all hell. Thats what I think.

    So do I IT, but legally speaking it's not deception.


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