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Courts Begin To Frown On Online Badmouthing

Posted by timothy on from the daddy-what's-a-blacklist dept.

Whistler's Mother writes: "Employers are winning key legal victories against former workers who criticize them online. Rulings in the waning days of 2001 could have a chilling effect on workers' use of cyberspace for years to come, civil libertarians say. The battle over Internet free speech also is heating up as more firms crack down on grousing by laid-off staff. Read the whole story here."

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  1. On a Related Note.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    speaking of blacklisting, if you are a moderator and you happen to moderate "badly" in the eyes of the slashdot staff, your account with be flagged and blacklisted from every moderatoring again, unless you can find out about this and dispute it with them. How you do that is a mystery since nobody will tell you that you have been flagged, and you will not be able to find out through ordinary means.

    Also, don't think your "anonymous" posting is so anonymous, since slashdot does keep records of all postings, including AC posts. So don't slander about your ex-employer here, you could be found out if your company subpoenas this site.

  2. In the immortal words of George Carlin, by 1010011010 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Fuck the fucking fuckers.

    --
    Napster-to-go says "Fill and refill your compatible MP3 player", which is a lie. It's not MP3. It's WMA with DRM.
  3. Re:Slander by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What if you get sued not by corporation nor wealthy individual but by some dirty piss-poor nigger who wants to make buck of your hard work?

    No, that would be fine ... of course.

    Fucking idiots.

  4. Just for the record by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Just for the record. Every fucking company out there blows. IBM, Ziff Davis, Con Edison, Ma Bell, Your Mom, Hewlett-Packard, Linus Whatever-his-name-is and all those other a-holes.

    Oh, yeah, and Slashdot is responsible for global warming.

    Fuck all y'all.

    Go ahead and sue me, I'm broke anyway.

    Oh shit, I'm not that broke, I better post "anonymoudly" (yeah, I'm a karma whore, so mod me up and make me regret the error of my ways)