Comments on: 2Clix is suing Whirlpool for malicious thread comments http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2007/09/12/whirlpool-sued-for-malicious-thread-comments/ Technology news Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:04:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: aczafra http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/09/12/whirlpool-sued-for-malicious-thread-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-30148 aczafra Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:15:28 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2007/09/12/whirlpool-sued-for-malicious-thread-comments/#comment-30148 Thanks for the clarification Greg. As to the charges, well we could only hope that those who compose the judicial system are aware enough of the prevailing freedom of expression that governs online community forums such as Whirlpool's. Thanks for the clarification Greg. As to the charges, well we could only hope that those who compose the judicial system are aware enough of the prevailing freedom of expression that governs online community forums such as Whirlpool’s.

]]> By: Greg http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/09/12/whirlpool-sued-for-malicious-thread-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-30140 Greg Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:11:45 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2007/09/12/whirlpool-sued-for-malicious-thread-comments/#comment-30140 Just to clarify: the case has not yet gone to court, so the title should be "Whirlpool is being sued" or even better, "2Clix are suing". It's a ridiculously stupid concept to sue the owner of a non-profit, no-advertising site just because some user's published their bad experiences with some dodgy software. But the scary part is if the judicial system stuffs up and sets a precedent in favour of the company, then all forums hosted in Australia could in theory be legally liable for the comments of their users if any negative comments aren't deleted (!). Just to clarify: the case has not yet gone to court, so the title should be “Whirlpool is being sued” or even better, “2Clix are suing”.

It’s a ridiculously stupid concept to sue the owner of a non-profit, no-advertising site just because some user’s published their bad experiences with some dodgy software.

But the scary part is if the judicial system stuffs up and sets a precedent in favour of the company, then all forums hosted in Australia could in theory be legally liable for the comments of their users if any negative comments aren’t deleted (!).

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