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Attorney Sues eBay over Negative Feedback
Mephie writes "MSNBC is running a story on an attorney who is suing ebay over negative feedback a seller left about him. It sounds like a classic case of buyer leaves negative feedback for seller; seller responds accordingly. The plaintiff claims he'd not be filing the suit if he didn't feel ebay's policy needs revision, stating 'They can control content and for them to fail to do so is unconscionable.' Yeah. That's great."
...or he'll sue you too!
("sue you! sue everybody!" - Jerky Boys)
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Information wants...you to shut your pie hole.
i am issuing a subpoena to all reader to be deposed in my action against CmdrTaco, et al., for damage done to my technological reputation by poor or uninformed moderation of my comments.
it is clear that the macintosh operating system is indeed superior, indicating that a recent 'troll' moderation was slanderous, and it is too funny to make that beowulf cluster joke -- another indication of improper and damaging moderation.
my lawyers will be in touch.
go get it
ISRAEL, Jan. 24 An Israeli programmer who says he was libeled in Slashdot Inc.'s "comments" section of its Web site has sued the online Geek News site for refusing to remove statements he says damaged his Karma. Analysts say the case, sparked by an online comment about Linux, cuts to the heart of what makes slashdot work: the power of moderators and meta-moderators to keep an eye on each other.
In his lawsuit, MimsyBoro demands 2.5 million Karma points in punitive damages from Slashdot and [(-5) Redundant] from Neeley. A spokesman for Slashdot said the company would not comment on pending litigation.
God made the natural numbers; all else is the work of man - Kronecker
In soviet russia the lawyer sues,...um, well I guess thats just in the US.
Although eBay has successfully fended off similar suits, an erosion of the feedback system's credibility could be devastating, said Rashtchy.
Excuse me? This is eBay we're talking about here, right? You mean the feedback system actually has credibility? Did I wake up on an alternate Earth?
I am suing you for the slanderous use of my name when exploding in emotion while experiencing blue screens of death, spam from Alan Rasky, and those lovely pop-up ads :)
Love,
God
The words themselves may not be libellous, but when they're put into feedback regarding a particular user, the whole statement probably is libellous. IMHO, IANAL, RTFM, RSVP, RSPCA
Personally I find people take online opinions too lightly
You are right. Where were our manners. The opinions of the goatse man and all the hot grits, natalie portman, etc trolls were overlooked. We appologize as a community. Now get a fuckin clue Stan. If you base your choice of lawyers on his e-bay feedback, I'm sure you choose your doctor on what he's ranked at Yahoogames. I hear DocJones395842 is the man at Hearts.
Clearly, the anonymous cowards who troll me should be handled accordingly by slashdot. I am offended to receive their negative feedback; and I hold slashdot fully responsible! /end insanity
Don't know about that, but it makes a cool new karma sig.
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Karma Excellent (Mostly due to pending lawsuit.)
Breaking news: After an attorney won a lawsuit over Ebay for receiving negative feedback, a well-known goatse.cx troll was awarded 20 karma by the district court after winning a lawsuit placed against Slashdot (OSDN). The troll claims that the ASCII art of the main picture on goatse.cx was "Interesting" and "Funny."
CmdrTaco recently stated that Slashdot is already planning for an appeal.
If you want lawyers banned from bars, go to Idaho. I know of a couple bars that have the words "No Lawyers" on their signs (in very large print).
neurostarsue all of those trolls who falsely claimed that BSD was dying, and for causing mental distress to those of us who actually use BSD.
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"Here's a nickel kid, get yourself a real operating system."
You mean this Robert Grace? Orange County real estate lawyer? http://www.robertgraceproperties.com/
It's a start.
Does this mean that I can start suing the moderators who mod me down as "Flamebait" or "Troll"?
"A terrorist is someone who has a bomb but doesn't have an air force." -William Blum
if he wins, i'm gonna sue everyone on every internet forum who has ever flamed me.... who's his attorney again?
Runnin' On Empty
All these years, I've wondered what step 3 could be. I should have realised that the only people that every profited from the .com boom were lawyers. We humans can learn much by observing their strange behaviour.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
Trial was great! Would preside over again! A++++!!
Okay, so ordinary people develop a community and set of ad hoc standards which accurately inform everyone and serves as an adequate conveyance of trust. In so doing, we create the online mechanism of ensuring fairness and justice.
Then a lawyer comes along...
Why do people have to be such whining little babies these days?
Well, duh. He's a laywer.
"In his lawsuit, Grace demands $2.5 million in punitive damages from eBay and $100,000 from Neeley."
I'd like to see him prove that one bad feedback is going to cost him that much.
Again, lawyer.
Christ, if I brought lawsuits against everyone who ever said a negative thing about me I'd --
wait a minute! I'd be filthy rich!
I'll sue you!
I'll sue you all!
I'll sue you all to hell!
Bwahahahahahahahhahaahaha!
The suit asks a judge to force the cyber-auctioneer to filter words like "fraud, liar, cheater, scam artist, con man" from the site...
That's amusing. A lawyer demanding that Ebay filter all words that most people use when describing lawyers.
Those are exactly the words my father used when his attorney charged him $600 for a three-minute phone call that blew the $25,000 deal my father was negotiating.
"Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives" should be a convenience store, not a government agency.
I lost 4,000$ in living expenses, and could not buy an engagement ring or afford rent, which a series events led me to be unable to propose. Also I failed that semester of college, pushing my graduation back a year.
It was because: Everquest misinterpreted an auction of mine to be for their game.
oooh and mr big shot lawyer got bad feedback, cry me a river.
God spoke to me
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAIL IF YOU DONT TAKE DOWN MY NEGATIVE RATIN I WILL SSUE YOU INTO THE GROUND.
Why is it that nearly every seller on ebay sounds like the same twelve year old kid who hang out in IRC/AOL chat rooms? Is this a coincidence? Maybe the under-15 demographic has more control over spending than we thought....
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