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Originally Posted by raymor
So in your opinion, I'm a journalist because I'm posting on GFY?
That's the decision of the court - that posting on GFY does not make you a journalist.
She claimed that her bad acts were protected because of a law that protects journalists.
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No in my opinion it's a silly lawsuit and because of the decision many more silly lawsuits will follow. This is the kind of case lawyers and the likes of ADL love because there are unlimited amounts of companies, organizations and people that might get their feelings hurt on message boards and they can point at this and say "Hey look at his "opinion.". And honestly that's all this is about.
I never heard of the NATS data loss until now. And quite honestly I personally see them pushing this case as more of a negative on the company than any data loss or whatever minute information this girl posted on a message board on some far corner this vast web we weave. Did I make my son quit using his PS3 because Sony got hacked? No. If they started targeting message board posters because they discussed the hack on a message board then I'd toss the fucker out the window.
The same goes for those who back the likes of RIAA and others. While I understand artists of all walks of life want their rights protected and to earn from their works these lawsuits never do anyone any good except for the lawyers and lawmakers. The lawyers get rich talking these companies into going after the little guy because there are so many. The lawmakers use the corporate influence and $$$ to push other agendas which usually end up taking away our rights collectively to produce more cash flow for the STATE which is also a corporation.