Yay Jeremy (was Re: [plug] Spam sender sues)

[James Elliott]

You can defame someone by telling the truth - depends on the context and the
intent - whether a judge would award much in the way of damages is another
matter.

James Elliott
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Malcolm" <Jeremy at Malcolm.wattle.id.au>
Newsgroups: local.lists.plug
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: Yay Jeremy (was Re: [plug] Spam sender sues)


> Andrew Furey wrote:
> >
> > > There could also be a defamation issue.  No-one is
> > > obliged to route email
> > > through their networks if they don't want to, but it
> > > could be argued that
> > > sending some-ones name to a blacklist is denoting
> > > them (say) a 'spammer' ...
> > > this could be found to be defamatory.
> >
> > Correct me if I'm wrong Jeremy :)... but isn't it only
> > defamation if it's untrue? Or am I thinking of
> > something else?
>
> (I love it when people in the same office as me ask me questions on
> the PLUG list instead of calling out down the hall.)  Yes you are
> right Andrew, in any case, they cannot amend their claim to argue
> defamation.  They would have to bring a fresh action.
>
>
>