> the ground. In the source code of this long-ago site (I whipped it up in
> 1996 long before the browsers got advanced), is some pretty unpleasant
> commented text: - - - - - - - - - - This site was originally created, if
> you could call stealing other people's work 'creating', by Terri Grodner.
> Since then it serves as a painful reminder of what can happen if you let
> unqualified and untrustworthy people do things their way.... - - - - - - -
> - - - I can see not liking my work - fine, not everybody's sites are to
> everybody's tastes. But is the above slander? And is there anything I
> can do about it?
Sounds like a pretty horrendous (not to mention unprofessional)
thing to do.
Technically it's not slander, as slander has to be verbal. It's
possibly libellous (being written), but I suspect it depends on how
public your law courts would regard source (pretty public I would
presume) and (possibly, depending on how your libel system
works) whether it has caused you harm or was done with malice.
I would think you could argue that it does nothing for your
reputation as a professional working in this line of business, and it
certainly reads pretty maliciously, but you would certainly need to
check things out with a lawyer familiar with how your legal system
views this sort of stuff.
In the interim, it may possibly be worth a carefully worded note to
the person and/or employer involved pointing out that this sort of
adolescent behaviour damages their reputation as much (if not
more) than yours, and suggesting that they ensure that any such
interference with your work (or comments made in their work)
should be removed to avoid a damaging legal suit....
Good luck,
Vicki Hyde
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