Comments on: Sue him — yeah, that’ll work http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/05/03/sue-him-yeah-thatll-work/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mathew Ingram http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/05/03/sue-him-yeah-thatll-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3031 Mathew Ingram Sat, 06 May 2006 03:30:38 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/05/03/sue-him-yeah-thatll-work/#comment-3031 Thanks for the comment, Brian. I agree that the rule book is kind of being rewritten, and there will be more cases like this one I imagine before things get sorted out. Mathew Thanks for the comment, Brian. I agree that the rule book is kind of being rewritten, and there will be more cases like this one I imagine before things get sorted out.

Mathew

]]> By: Brian http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/05/03/sue-him-yeah-thatll-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3004 Brian Fri, 05 May 2006 23:42:16 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/05/03/sue-him-yeah-thatll-work/#comment-3004 <i>If you want to be treated as journalists in some sense, that includes dealing with the risk of libel and defamation lawsuits.</i> I am not sure but it's my impresssion the majority of bloggers don't want to be journalists but rather they simply want to speak their mind. That said I'm more than willing to be responsible for libel, copyright infringement and etc - the same as anyone else. In return I don't expect to be singled out just because I have a blog. That might be wishful thinking. There does seem to be a strong case of perception over reality at work in the (now withdrawn) lawsuit. A journalist who commits egregious libel is in trouble professionally - or so I assume. A blogger whose day job is down at the mill? You can't threaten a man like that by the old rules. If you want to be treated as journalists in some sense, that includes dealing with the risk of libel and defamation lawsuits.

I am not sure but it’s my impresssion the majority of bloggers don’t want to be journalists but rather they simply want to speak their mind.

That said I’m more than willing to be responsible for libel, copyright infringement and etc - the same as anyone else. In return I don’t expect to be singled out just because I have a blog. That might be wishful thinking.

There does seem to be a strong case of perception over reality at work in the (now withdrawn) lawsuit. A journalist who commits egregious libel is in trouble professionally - or so I assume. A blogger whose day job is down at the mill? You can’t threaten a man like that by the old rules.

]]> By: robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » What He Said http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/05/03/sue-him-yeah-thatll-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2728 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » What He Said Thu, 04 May 2006 13:21:41 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/05/03/sue-him-yeah-thatll-work/#comment-2728 [...] I’m (once again) in violent agreement with Mathew on the mysterious case of the ad agency suing a blogger, though I think my post would be less - um, chaste in its choice of language directed at the agency. Echos of the Apple case - a fortiori, to be sure. Related Posts [...] [...] I’m (once again) in violent agreement with Mathew on the mysterious case of the ad agency suing a blogger, though I think my post would be less - um, chaste in its choice of language directed at the agency. Echos of the Apple case - a fortiori, to be sure. Related Posts [...]

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