Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Slander

Posted by: pornlaw

Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Slander - 12/30/06 02:35 PM

Just posted an article about whether the owners of chatrooms and message boards can get sued if someone elses posts slanderous statements on your board. Recent case in California talks about it.

Read it at AdultBizLaw.com

Thanks

Michael
Posted by: lance69

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 12/30/06 05:17 PM

Nice post boss. Thanks for sharin'.
So if I say "Gen, Gia, Mia, Ava, and Gonzogirl all wanna have my baby," I can't be sued right?
Posted by: Uomo Grassissimo!!

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 12/30/06 05:31 PM

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Nice post boss. Thanks for sharin'.
So if I say "Gen, Gia, Mia, Ava, and Gonzogirl all wanna have my baby," I can't be sued right?



You can. The board owner can't.

Posted by: lance69

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 12/30/06 05:38 PM

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Nice post boss. Thanks for sharin'.
So if I say "Gen, Gia, Mia, Ava, and Gonzogirl all wanna have my baby," I can't be sued right?



You can. The board owner can't.






Phew, good thing it's all true then!

Posted by: gia jordan

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 12/30/06 06:10 PM

Kate wants to have your baby.
Posted by: lance69

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 12/30/06 06:19 PM

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Kate wants to have your baby.


That truely hurts....
Posted by: pornlaw

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 12/31/06 10:33 AM

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You can. The board owner can't.




Thats true. Individual poster can be sued but the actual owner of the Board cannot. However, if you are a Board owner you will be involved in the discovery process since you know who the poster is and have their IP address. So you will still be involved you just wont have to pay damages.

Michael
www.adultbizlaw.com
Posted by: jamesn

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 12/31/06 12:14 PM

just curious mr. fattorosi, what are the chances a court would really give money to a known madame like pam peaks because some anonymous fuck on the internet was mean to her?

if you're just lobbing up libel, 90% of the targets have more to worry about legally than you do should you be a hardworking and upstanding citizen
Posted by: papercut

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 12/31/06 11:24 PM

somebody should sue Fatty for injecting himself into every fucking thread started within the past month.

fatty=self important windbag
Posted by: Uomo Grassissimo!!

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 12/31/06 11:41 PM

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somebody should sue Fatty for injecting himself into every fucking thread started within the past month.

fatty=self important windbag



Thx!



That I am!!
Posted by: papercut

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 12/31/06 11:48 PM

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somebody should sue Fatty for injecting himself into every fucking thread started within the past month.

fatty=self important windbag



Thx!



That I am!!



luckily, your intelligence saves you from being intolerable
Posted by: pornlaw

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/01/07 10:31 AM

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just curious mr. fattorosi, what are the chances a court would really give money to a known madame like pam peaks because some anonymous fuck on the internet was mean to her?

if you're just lobbing up libel, 90% of the targets have more to worry about legally than you do should you be a hardworking and upstanding citizen




Even people with questionable pasts get to win in Court -- thats the whole justice is blind notion. I've had judges tell me that even felons tell the truth once in a while.

Michael
www.adultbizlaw.com
Posted by: christianxxx

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/01/07 07:03 PM

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just curious mr. fattorosi, what are the chances a court would really give money to a known madame like pam peaks because some anonymous fuck on the internet was mean to her?

if you're just lobbing up libel, 90% of the targets have more to worry about legally than you do should you be a hardworking and upstanding citizen




Even people with questionable pasts get to win in Court -- thats the whole justice is blind notion. I've had judges tell me that even felons tell the truth once in a while.

Michael
www.adultbizlaw.com



i would love to see you try to get some of the people in our business into a courtroom for that kind of trial. your optimism is humorous to me in a way. i agree with jamesn. most performers (myself included) cant even get to a porn set on time and we are getting paid that day, try showing up for a trial or courtroom 45 minutes late. lol
Posted by: Willie D

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/01/07 07:07 PM

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just curious mr. fattorosi, what are the chances a court would really give money to a known madame like pam peaks because some anonymous fuck on the internet was mean to her?

if you're just lobbing up libel, 90% of the targets have more to worry about legally than you do should you be a hardworking and upstanding citizen




Even people with questionable pasts get to win in Court -- thats the whole justice is blind notion. I've had judges tell me that even felons tell the truth once in a while.

Michael
www.adultbizlaw.com



i would love to see you try to get some of the people in our business into a courtroom for that kind of trial. your optimism is humorous to me in a way. i agree with jamesn. most performers (myself included) cant even get to a porn set on time and we are getting paid that day, try showing up for a trial or courtroom 45 minutes late. lol


Was there ever a Czaba Marton court proceeding of any kind?

BTW...very informative article, thank you Michael.
Posted by: Phlogiston

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/01/07 07:08 PM

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i would love to see you try to get some of the people in our business into a courtroom for that kind of trial. your optimism is humorous to me in a way. i agree with jamesn. most performers (myself included) cant even get to a porn set on time and we are getting paid that day, try showing up for a trial or courtroom 45 minutes late. lol




If you're late for a porn shoot, you aren't possibly held in contempt of court and all the other shit that brings. Or maybe that's an excuse to get whores into the "Judge's chambers".
Posted by: It Was Fun

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/01/07 08:25 PM

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i would love to see you try to get some of the people in our business into a courtroom for that kind of trial. your optimism is humorous to me in a way. i agree with jamesn. most performers (myself included) cant even get to a porn set on time and we are getting paid that day, try showing up for a trial or courtroom 45 minutes late. lol



Why is it so difficult to show up on time or at least a few minutes early? I've always wanted to ask and receive a serious answer but never tried, so I'm gonna ask you.

Setting aside the whores (male and fem.) that have a drug habit... those who don't have one, whats the reason and excuse? Why is it difficult?
Posted by: lance69

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/01/07 08:36 PM

Jesus up here it's usually the producers who are fuckin late. Drives me nuts, I got shit to do!
Posted by: It Was Fun

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/01/07 08:37 PM

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Jesus up here it's usually the producers who are fuckin late. Drives me nuts, I got shit to do!



Shit or "Shit" ???

Posted by: Dick Dastardly

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/01/07 08:43 PM

Is this applicable only in California, or other states as well?

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Thats true. Individual poster can be sued but the actual owner of the Board cannot. However, if you are a Board owner you will be involved in the discovery process since you know who the poster is and have their IP address. So you will still be involved you just wont have to pay damages.

Posted by: Uomo Grassissimo!!

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/01/07 08:44 PM

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whats the reason and excuse? Why is it difficult?



:UNREQUESTED INPUT WARNING:

Like anyone who does anything without regard to the impact on others:
Lack of respect.


Or in my twisted version of Einstein's time/space:

These people live in non-Copernican universes [everything revolves around THEM], therefore their perception of Time is "warped" so that whenever they show up, its ON TIME!
Posted by: It Was Fun

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/01/07 08:47 PM

Quote:

Quote:

whats the reason and excuse? Why is it difficult?



:UNREQUESTED INPUT WARNING:

Like anyone who does anything without regard to the impact on others:
Lack of respect.


Or in my twisted version of Einstein's time/space:

These people live in non-Copernican universes [everything revolves around THEM], therefore their perception of Time is "warped" so that whenever they show up, its ON TIME!



Those are my assumptions as well but I like to hear a reasoning behind this behavior from those who do it.
Posted by: lance69

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/01/07 08:48 PM

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Jesus up here it's usually the producers who are fuckin late. Drives me nuts, I got shit to do!



Shit or "Shit" ???




Hit 'er in the Shitter...
Posted by: pornlaw

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/01/07 10:43 PM

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Is this applicable only in California, or other states as well?



That case really only applies to California but the federal law the decision was based upon would apply nationally. If the same situation arose in another state the attorney for the message board owner would cite the California case as being persuasive and on point.

Michael
www.adultbizlaw.com
Posted by: ivorenginedriver

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/02/07 02:57 AM

Gen might have to wait a LONG while to hear this reasoning as the type of person who stands up other people isn't likely to wish to explain their bad behavior.
Posted by: It Was Fun

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/02/07 08:16 AM

One can try. I ought to be shot for remaining the hopeful kind I guess. One day, maybe Guapo will do it.
Posted by: ivorenginedriver

Re: Got a Message Board - Can You Get Sued for Sla - 01/02/07 09:46 AM

Guess he will have to be the one. but I can deliver a nice caning, and for advanced, intermediate, or even beginnner's tastes.