[Foundation-l] Our first defamation case?

[Dan Collins]

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 6:38 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 2008/5/2 Michael Bimmler <mbimmler at gmail.com>:
> > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:53 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  > http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/05/02
> >  >
> >  >  We have EFF onside, so CDA Section 230 protection is probably going
> to
> >  >  see us right on this one.
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/wikimedia/BauerSecondAmendedComplaint.pdf
> >
> >  page 26:
> >  "Plaintiff has informed [Wikimedia Foundation] that the statements
> >  about her are false and defamatory but [Wikimedia Foundation] has
> >  refused to remove the statements despite the fact that Brian Lamb the
> >  founder of [Wikimedia Foundation] has stated publicly that his website
> >  is accountable and that mistakes are removed in minutes".
> >
> >  Uh, right, "Brian Lamb the founder of [WF=Wikimedia Foundation]?"
> >  Jimmy, is this your new alias? Or has someone failed on his research
> >  here pretty badly?
>
> Actually, it's even worse than that. The amended complaint was filed 9
> months after the article was deleted... Getting someone's name wrong
> is one thing, but the entire point being nonsense is quite another...
>
>
You are correct: Getting someone's name wrong is a mistake, the entire thing
being nonsense is the American legal system.




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