You OBVIOUSLY haven't a clue about the law: Defamation= Injuring someone's character or reputation by making false and malicious statements about him to other people. The law recognizes a difference between defamation and mere criticism of an individual. Criticism deals only with matters that legitimately invite public attention or call for public comment. In contrast, defamation usually involves a person's private life and domestic affairs. Calling a woman a prostitute or a banker an embezzler, or an astrologer or consultant a fraud on a television, radio or usenet public forum are examples of defamation. The term defamation includes both libel and slander.
Black's law dictionary-Defamation="The offense of injuring a person's character, fame or reputation by false and malicious statements." The "offense" is in the publication of the matter, so you are not "covered" just because you read it somewhere else first. You are safe ONLY if the statement is true. The best advice is to never say anything nasty about anyone. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-----Original Message----- From: Astrological Consulting arcturianone@earthlink.net Sent: May 5, 2005 3:56 PM To: "Poor,Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com, "Poor,Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com, English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org, Seth Ilys seth.ilys@gmail.com, slimvirgin@gmail.com Subject: RE: Corrected (was: Abuse of your services)
Do not mail me again or you will be reported to your ISP. I will be suing you and your so-called "information" crap website and force you to remove your worthless bullshit.
-----Original Message----- From: "Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com Sent: May 5, 2005 2:04 PM To: Astrological Consulting arcturianone@earthlink.net, "Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com, English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org, Seth Ilys seth.ilys@gmail.com, slimvirgin@gmail.com Subject: RE: Corrected (was: Abuse of your services)
I demand that my name be removed immediately. This is your last chance to explain why you choose to defame my companies.
I see nothing in the article that defames you or your companies. The fact that some anonymous idiot labelled you a "kook" means nothing. And it's not an offense for Wikipedia to report that fact.
Note carefully the distinction:
A. Wikipedia is NOT calling you a kook (that would violate our policy, and I personally won't tolerate that).
B. Wikipedia *MAY* report that those jerks on Usenet have branded you a kook. (Read the part about Wikipedia NOT endorsing that label.)
I think I've said enough about this.
Ed Poor, aka Uncle Ed
Edmond H. Wollmann P.M.A.F.A. (C) 2005 Altair Publications, SAN 299-5603 Astrological Consulting http://www.astroconsulting.com/ Artworks http://www.e-wollmann.com/ http://home.earthlink.net/~arcturianone/
Edmond H. Wollmann P.M.A.F.A. (C) 2005 Altair Publications, SAN 299-5603 Astrological Consulting http://www.astroconsulting.com/ Artworks http://www.e-wollmann.com/ http://home.earthlink.net/~arcturianone/
On 5/5/05, Astrological Consulting arcturianone@earthlink.net wrote:
You OBVIOUSLY haven't a clue about the law:
Edmond, it probably isn't helping your situation to write to the list in a threatening manner, and texbook definitions of defamation don't begin to describe the complexity of libel law. In your shoes, I would write a very polite, reasonable letter outlining your case to the Wikimedia Foundation, asking for their attention. See here for contact details: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home and http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/About_Wikimedia
Sarah
Astrological Consulting wrote:
You OBVIOUSLY haven't a clue about the law: Defamation= Injuring someone's character or reputation by making false and malicious statements about him to other people. The law recognizes a difference between defamation and mere criticism of an individual. Criticism deals only with matters that legitimately invite public attention or call for public comment. In contrast, defamation usually involves a person's private life and domestic affairs. Calling a woman a prostitute or a banker an embezzler, or an astrologer or consultant a fraud on a television, radio or usenet public forum are examples of defamation. The term defamation includes both libel and slander.
So I can't call a woman who has sex for money a "prostitute", a banker who has stolen from their company an "embezzler", a person (regardless of occupation) claiming to be something they clearly are not a "fraud", because that amounts to defamation?
I'll need to add all that to [[free speech]] then.
Edmond H. Wollmann P.M.A.F.A.
By the way, what does PMAFA stand for?