"Anthony W" wrote in message
news:2pDmh.10418$Pr4.3415@trndny06...
Steve Foley wrote:

I'm not a lawyer, nor did I sleep in a Holiday Inn last night, but I
believe that you must prove you've been injured/damaged/whatever by the
libel in order to collect.

It may be possible to have one's ISP cut off service to TOS violations in
such a case though.

I once said in a aviation mailing list that it was disreputable at best to
sell plans for a plane that had never flown. The person the comment was
directed at threatened me with a libel suit. My reply was F'off and die.
Funny thing, I never heard from his layer and I still think this person is
a scoundrel. You can speak your mind in public all you want and unless
malice is proven, it's going to be hard to shut anyone up...

Tony

Give the man a cigar. That's why I keep telling people this is great
entertainment. Yank the chain, watch the monkeys dance.



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