On 5/15/05, Tony Sidaway minorityreport@bluebottle.com wrote:
Skyring said:
On 5/15/05, Tony Sidaway minorityreport@bluebottle.com wrote:
Skyring said:
What sort of payouts have been involved?
Usually the terms of the settlements are not disclosed. One serial plaintiff has made settlements for published amounts varying from USD 8,000 to around USD 1,000,000, so this is potentially pretty serious.
You don't think the courts would see a difference, when assessing damages, between defamation by a major metropolitan daily newspaper, and some guy in a newsgroup?
Oh yes, but a newspaper has far more resources than a private individual.
Thanks.
So for a variety of reasons, the same slight is judged by the courts as being more worthy of compensation when made by a major newspaper than when made by some guy in. alt.talk.gossip.general