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Can a Blogroll Be Defamatory?

Posted by kdawson on from the way-out-of-control dept.

An anonymous reader clues us that the wildly litigious Canadian Wayne Crookes, who has been suing the Internet for defamation, has added Michael Geist to his hit list. Geist is a well-known Canadian law professor and blogger. His offense: linking on his blog to site that links to another site that contains material allegedly of a defamatory nature. (Others would characterize that material as historical facts about Crooks's tenure at the helm of the Canadian Green Party.)

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  1. Re:In America, with this Administration, who knows by Antony-Kyre · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Isn't that called a countersuit when you are the defense, and you want the other side to pay the costs if and when you win?

    If you don't mind me saying so, and chances are you're probably going to be offended, but here it goes. It was stupid to sign that, agreeing you will pay. You should have fought the case. It would have been honorable to fight the system. By signing it, weren't you admitting you were in the wrong, not them?

    If no one bothers fighting a corrupt system, they are essentially justifying what they are doing. With numbers, the system will change. If everyone who is wronged stands up for what is right, instead of doing what is easy, things will have to change because it is too big to ignore.

  2. Re:Awarding legal costs to the successful defendan by 91degrees · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The solution to this was worked out some time ago.

    The loser should pay a value based on their own costs to the winner. This means that both sides have a vested interest in only spending as much on legal fees as neccesary.

  3. Evil prevails when good men fail to act. by Bazar · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I respect and make it a point not to take the police, firefighters, EMTS and all other first responders who put their lives on the line for strangers not for granted. I think I just got a bad deal. So what if I had to pay some lady's court fees. Those guys put their lives on the line for strangers all the time. I have a hard time believing that that is a true story, but assuming that it is, then i have to wonder why you seem to think its a nice idea to let police and firefighters have their way. As its said, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act", evil prevailed in your case.

    The only thing you achieve by submitting to corruption, is encourage it. Yes they deserve respect for their jobs, but that doesn't give them the right to trample over your rights in the process.

    Saying that, reality can be pretty harsh on ideals, but if it was me, i would of done everything in my power to make that officer regret ticking me. But perhaps thats just me, as my friends know i go off like a cracker over corruption/abuse of power :)
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  4. Re:In America, with this Administration, who knows by DreadfulGrape · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As poignant as your story is, I don't understand your subject title. And this all has to do "with this administration" in.... what way? Like the same thing wouldn't have happened during the Clinton admin., or the whoever-comes-next admin? C'mon... the system is corrupt on all sides.

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  5. It's a term from at least 2003?! Whoa. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blogroll &oldid=1384520
    That's crazy. I've never heard the term before.