On 28/01/07, Jeff V. Merkey <jmerkey(a)wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote:
Yeah? How many of you have actually had to stand in
front of a judge
with millions of dollars of **YOUR**
money on the line. I have stood there more times than I care to mention,
and in most cases not by my own choice.
Judges will not listen to whining exusces and weak arguments, and you
don't get to argue over and over again
after they rule -- you have to pay. The real shocker is when the judge
orders you to pay
the other sides legal fees. What if they hire Coudert Brothers from new
York to defend them who charges $500.00/hour
and they rack up 350,000.00 in fees just to send a dozen letters and
file a complaint and you get ordered to pay it.
In the example I mentioned, it may be worth mentioning the Church of
Scientology has had to pay the attorney's fees for the people they
sued many a time.
Cheaper to take down the content.
I suspect in a clear-cut case, you'd be surprised how many friends
Wikipedia has.
Not that I consider it a good idea to push it, of course.
- d.