Trademark & libel issues in online communities Digital Media Digital Marketing by Libertate Considering my site will talk about comparing products, and first-hand accounts of rip-offs, scams and fads, how would you protect the site from libel lawsuits? eBay seller threatens buyer with negative feedback libel lawsuit Community Center by happygeek … Read to agree the comments were unfair or face a libel action and substantial legal fees. In his argument to the… Can Your Twitter Posts Land You in Court? Digital Media Digital Marketing by slfisher … Siegal is considered to be a public figure, which makes libel more arduous to prove. However, in the meantime, she has… without thinking much about it. But when it comes to libel law, such words can be bombshells that trigger liability.” Jail for the eBay barrister Hardware and Software macOS by happygeek …;http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3408.html"]negative feedback libel[/URL] or [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view… Marketing badly through social media Digital Media Digital Marketing by GuyClapperton … Cyberspace being like the Wild West - the laws of slander, libel and copyright may be more difficult to enforce on the… print label and image down Programming Software Development by monem_1 I use a code to print a libel with all its contents and move to the next page … Re: Going too far? Community Center Geeks' Lounge by EnderX [QUOTE=Narue;526538]>wouldn't it qualify as libel instead? Libel is written, slander is spoken. But I'm more inclined … persists. Slander doesn't last very long in 'published' form, libel does. I'd presume anything logged on the web to… Re: Going too far? Community Center Geeks' Lounge by briansmall … accusation of you being socialist), wouldn't it qualify as libel instead?[/QUOTE] There's no [I]assumptions[/I] that need… are going to make comments, read the exchange. As for libel or slander, I haven't checked. I used the term… Re: Going too far? Community Center Geeks' Lounge by Narue >wouldn't it qualify as libel instead? Libel is written, slander is spoken. But I'm more inclined to treat a forum discussion as a spoken exchange, thus slander is the correct term in my opinion. Re: Tux500 Exactly the Marketing Linux Needs Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by helios Your libel and blather are getting tiresome and not just those involved … who disagrees with the project and are willing to commit libel to stop it. please submit the requested information here. the… Re: information on received e-mail manipulation Community Center Geeks' Lounge by jwenting … get a lesser sentence, at best a good countersuit for libel and extortion. Re: Political Test Community Center Geeks' Lounge by sk8ndestroy14 … case. Look at the Alien and Sedition acts. Look at libel and slander cases. There are so many restrictions on the… Re: Political Test Community Center Geeks' Lounge by joshSCH … case. Look at the Alien and Sedition acts. Look at libel and slander cases. There are so many restrictions on the… Re: Decline in morals? Community Center Geeks' Lounge by Narue …. You have no idea what I'm interested in, and libel is unbecoming. [quote=bobwahler] I'd suggest that Briansmall deal… Re: Decline in morals? Community Center Geeks' Lounge by bobwahler …. You have no idea what I'm interested in, and libel is unbecoming. This is your first post in this thread… Re: Going too far? Community Center Geeks' Lounge by EnderX Assuming the accusation to be true (you're accusing him of committing defamation, not his accusation of you being socialist), wouldn't it qualify as libel instead? 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If you're going to report on an incident then at least get basic facts correct! Sellers CAN leave feedback for buyers. What sellers are not able to do now, compared to buyers is leave … Re: eBay seller threatens buyer with negative feedback libel lawsuit Community Center by OlyComputers Personally, if a transaction goes bad on ebay I contact the seller BEFORE I leave feedback. If it's something was an honest mistake, and is remedied, I leave neutral feedback and an explanation of what happened. As an occasional seller, if I made a mistake or didn't give enough detail about a product I would remedy the situation. And as a buyer I … Re: eBay seller threatens buyer with negative feedback libel lawsuit Community Center by khaleekcool great Re: Can Your Twitter Posts Land You in Court? Digital Media Digital Marketing by InsightsDigital Thanks for bringing this very interesting case. I also heard about how a tweet saved someone from prison. 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