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Are you a lawyer?


My dad is a municipal/state judge (senior status, meaning he’s essentially retired but fills in for judges who are sick or on vacation when they need to hang a jaywalker or whatever). I actually lived in a law school dorm in college, which was weird, but never got turned to the dark side myself. I sometimes do consulting for patent defense since I can speak the lingo to the geeks and lawyers, who don’t get along normally.

I agree that if I’m wrong and X is not a child molester then it is defamation: the “untrue statement” element is satisfied. But there’s no untrue statement in revealing a pornstars legal name so some other statute must be used: defamation cannot be met.

California is hyper-protective of the Hollywood stars and they are more likely that most states to have a statute protecting against the release of information that aids stalkers.

As for pig: Apple code-named a Mac prototype “Sagan” a few years ago. Apple changed it to BHA (Butt-Head Astronomer) after Carl Sagan complained. Sagan then sued (1994?) for defamation and lost: the judge said being called a Butt-Head is an insult but not an injury, and that being insulted is not enough for defamation.

PS. Yes, this being Texas my judge dad can tie a hangman’s noose. He gave an informal lecture on how to do it at a judge’s conference a few years ago that the other judges loved.
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