Author: r.c. richards
Date: 17:15:38 11/08/00
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On November 08, 2000 at 04:44:01, Marcus Kaestner wrote: >>Yeah, I'd be upset if Stefan was suing me too, but it would be my job to make >>Stefan look back on it and think maybe that wasn't such a great idea. When I >>think about it, I almost wish I could get him to sue me in a U.S. court for what >>he's suing Marcus for. By the time it was over, Stefan would have to write a >>few more programs than Shredder to pay his legal fees. > >unfortunately we are in germany. here you are able to say that someone is a >criminal You can say somebody's a criminal here in the US. But if you maliciously make false statements that result in damages to the person you're making those statements against, you might get sued. If you were in the United States, you'd certainly have good grounds to a counteraction, especially if you do that web page for profit. If he were in the US, he'd have never even thought about bringing an action, because Millennium software is the deep pockets (that is, the one with the money and the stream of income) in this case, and if you're the one with the deep pockets, you don't expose those deep pockets except for good reason--and it would have to be much better reason than anything I've seen Stefan claim. >for example: distributing unauthorized copies) and if it´s untrue you >have to pay a very low fee. > >but the damage to your reputation stays.... > >not a very good system. Marcus, if I were you, I might look into a counteraction, especially if that web page is a source of income. Stefan could say what he wanted about me here in this forum and I could never really have cause for an action--not a good cause--because I couldn't prove that I'd been harmed at all by anything he said. But your situation might be different. Too bad this isn't going on in the US. I'd help draft the countersuit. RC
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