For the record I enjoyed proud tom and wasnt offended and thought that it was great fun. However, I am with Anne on this one. For example you would never see a similar site spoofing the worlds top Chrysler dealers or restaurateurs (Or the main players in pretty much any other industry either). Proud Tom does reflect badly on the meteorite community and sort of makes many of the worlds top meteorite people look like a bunch of drunken freshman on frosh night that mysteriously gets the photographic record posted on facebook. Remember, this is not a few pictures and jokes being passed around a small bunch of friends in Tucson or Munich but open for anybody on the world wide web to see. Police have been trying to educate 15 year olds about posting revealing photos of themselves on networking websites reminding them that it could come back to haunt them in 10 years time (When presumably they have matured a bit and has employers and others looking for past evidence of their character) I think that it is very telling that the author has chosen to remain anonymous (Worried about lawsuits maybe) Why are you afraid to show yourself?. I am sure that some people (And their lawyers) would like to know who you are. Proud Tom had its moment but it is time that proud tom got buried and forgotten (Assuming that anything once posted online can ever be forgotten) My thoughts anyway. Sincerely DEAN
--- On Sun, 3/29/09, Darren Garrison <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Darren Garrison <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Proud Tom Call ! > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 4:29 PM > On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:46:32 +0200, you wrote: > > >real.....this is not humor, its only insult persons. > Here in > >Italy a " person " type proud tom it has not > had a long > >life, it would been taken a nice denounces for libel > > > > Matteo, "Proud Tom" is a little before my time, > so I have only the vaguest idea > of what this "humor" is-- but there have been > lots of cases in the US, too, of > people suing for libel over things posted on the internet. > Here in the US, > somebody can sue just about anyone for just about > anything-- they may not WIN > that law suit, but they can still file it, and cause the > person a heap of > emotional and finincial harm defending themselves. For > instance, if someone > concidered something said by "Proud Tom" about > them (I think I get the idea that > "Proud Tom" parodies list members) then that > person can sue Michael Blood in an > attempt to get the name of "Proud Tom." They > might not WIN that lawsuit and > make him be required to turn over the name, but he would > still have the hassle > and expense of hiring defense lawyers and showing up in > court. And if they DID > win the lawsuit and get "Proud Tom's" > identity and sue him, the courts might > decide that the parodies are protected speech and thus not > libel, or they might > find that it is harmful defamation. Either way, again, > "Proud Tom" would have > the expense and hassle of defending himself. > > See recent news related to the issue: > > http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&safe=off&num=100&q=defamation%20internet%20law&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn > > Oh, yeah, IANAL. > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
