On 2005-08-02 18:00:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I don't know the legal side of thing---but you've named (and given a phone number even) for somebody as being the author of posts here---and if, for some reason, you're wrong and/or if people call this number and bother this person---aren't you risking a lot of problems in terms of the slander laws.
I don't know much about computers but in day-to day life, you can't just publish stuff in the paper about somebody and then say, "oophs I guess this isn't the right Jane Doe"---you'd be in for a lot of trouble legally.
So if--for instance-- you posted this phone number and it turns out that this person is not really the one who made the posts you are talking about---aren't you risking some kind of harrassment type of law suit? I mean if you could find her, she can find or hire somebody to find you
Especially if the person who you have listed the phone number for really is a lawyer for god's sake."
Seeing as I started this thread I suppose I should respond. You see, this troll chose to come over to fornits with the sole purpose of starting trouble. I don't appreciate people posting without accountability, sound familiar?, so I decided to quote her posts from struggling trolls.
Everything quoted here was simply copy/pasted, so that is hardly slander. I was only guessing your last name is Austin judging by your email- information you decided to post on the internet. Searching yahoo people for a name I don't even know is real, is hardly a crime. Again, all public information. If you don't want information like this posted about you online, in any context, keep it private. Your choice. Why don't you take some accountability?
So to answer your questions, no, I am not risking any kind of lawsuit. I am simply passing along public information, put out there by the person themselves. Ain't the information age grand? :tup:
