On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Michael A. Stone wrote:
> > chad, this was a SICK joke. i'm boycotting the strip.
>
>
> does sorta put the shoe on the other foot, doesn't it? the MS
> references in UF weren't libelous in themselves, but i'd be very
> interested to know if claiming.. or loudly, strongly, and
> repeatedly implying.. that the strip had been subject to legal
> action by Microsoft might itself constitute libel. it
> definitely had a negative effect on public perception of the
> company, so from my position as an amateur dabbler in the law,
> it looks as if they'd have a valid claim of injury.
I probably missed most (though not all) of the referenced material, but it
seems to me that from what I saw, he was very careful to avoid naming M$
by name, saying stuff like "I can't say who it is for legal reasons" or
similar, then going on to make vague (or not so vague) references to evil
empires and such. But I didn't see any names named anywhere.
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