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Legal Threat Demands Techdirt Shut Down

Posted by timothy on from the slapp-in-the-face dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this month, the US approved a new law to fight against so-called 'libel tourism,' the practice of suing US companies in foreign jurisdictions (quite frequently, the UK) which do not have the same level of free speech protections. The new law, the SPEECH Act, may now get put to the test, as lawyers for a guy named Jeffrey Morris in the UK, who was upset about some comments on a 2004 blog post on Techdirt, have demanded the entire site shut down due to those unidentified comments."

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  1. Re:Pot meet kettle by santax · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well seems I was right again... Give the USA some fair criticism and you are labeled a troll. That my friends is precisely the reason why the worlds public opinion of the USA is so low. Thank you for proving my point. I couldn't have done it better myself.

  2. sure by circletimessquare · · Score: 0, Redundant

    do you want to try being intellectually honest?

    or is it that you replace intellectual honesty in your life with bumper sticker slogans?

    which makes sense... the low iq need simple minded slogans to chant to feel motivated

    here let me help:

    DISMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!

    FREE(tobe)DUMB!

    --
    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
  3. Re:so ignore it by Joe+U · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Until they convince ICANN to pull your domain. Then you're screwed.