isnt there a thing like judicial harrassment?
file in his own state for the co assets
and get the EPA on it
and FDA
??????
rick
Javilk wrote:
>
> > >good ones, yes. this one, no. and this wasn't an April Fool's joke..
> > >those happen on April 1st.
>
> Correct. The other reason it is NOT funny, is because such suits
> happen -- one of my content providers is being suied just that way, in
> what seems an attempt to force him to spend more money than he has, to
> defend his right to quote scientific material not flattering to a
> corporation. (An MLM company selling super blue green algae, which is not
> even an algae, but the same bacteria responsible for Red Tide that kills
> fish, manatees, and humans.) The suit has no apparent merit, but he has to
> appear in another state, argue the point in court, etc. Or fork over
> everything he owns. And I am on the verge of being included in that suit.
>
> Your "joke" is all too real.
>
> > >> it is my personal opinion that such a lawsuit is not merely
> > >> frivolous, but an attempt to make free speech subservient to
> > >> corporate interests. the Microsoft corporation pays millions
>
> Exactly, but when you have to shell out several thousand dollars to
> attempt to prove you have that right, it is a form of corporate
> harassment. And I am being threatened by someone who has not even READ
> the material that I host! They cite things that are not even on the
> pages! They don't care. The American blue green algae lawyers have
> forced similar doccuments off the net in Austrailia, and other parts of
> the world, just by sheer threats.
>
> > >> i personally believe in the power of the internet, and the
> > >> ability of its citizens to make their opinions known when they
> > >> so choose. this isn't starry-eyed idealism, it's the result of
>
> Not if more corporations take the route of sending threatening legal
> notices!
>
> > >> online community, as a test case in how much we're all willing
> > >> to be pushed around in the name of corporate interest. i, for
> > >> one, would like to take the opportunity to set an example for
> > >> future corporations to note, and to remember.
>
> When responding to a suit, even one without merit, costs you thousands
> of dollars, keeps you up worrying night after night, then the corporate
> interests are winning. As these SOB's have with site after site, forcing
> legitimate scientific information off the net. It is MY money, my career
> at risk! And that of a lot of others, too!
>
> > >> instead, i advocate the simple premise that more speech is
> > >> better. i don't want everyone writing to Microsoft, or the
> > >> DOJ, or their congressman, or anyone else 'official' to
> > >> complain.. i want everyone to write to each other. i want
>
> I think it probable that many have complained. I know I was ready to
> mention this sick joke in a lot of letters. This goes way beyond bad
> taste. It inspires damaging actions and paranoid fears. And it was not
> just April first, it started before that, violating the principles of an
> April Fool's joke.
>
> I am not laughing because I am caught up in exactly what your joke
> outlined, except that my content provider's problem, and mine, is very
> real! Corporations DO act this way. And we either roll over and let them
> screw us, or risk losing everything we ever owned.
>
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