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Re: Xybernaut sues for defamation

--- Vito Miliano <> wrote:
> This is interesting, and also very unfortunate. 
> Because of this, I
> will not purchase one or more Pomas for the work I'm
> doing.  I will
> likely never purchase a Xybernaut product at all,
> and I ask you all to
> consider this situation.
> 
>
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50548,00.html
> 
> These types of lawsuits are called SLAPPs, Strategic
> Lawsuits Against
> Public Participation; essentially corporate quelling
> of free speech.
> The claims, to qualify as defamation, have to appear
> as statements of
> fact, not just as opinion.  Dan Whatley likely lost
> simply because he
> didn't appear in court...

I guess from now all all correspondences regarding
companies in public "internet" places must be
blatantly marked up with :

  IIIII  M     M  H    H   OOO 
    I    MM   MM  H    H  O   O
    I    M M M M  HHHHHH  O   O
    I    M  M  M  H    H  O   O
  IIIII  M  M  M  H    H   OOO

Rick

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