On 28/01/07, Jeff V. Merkey jmerkey@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.