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I agree. I never read Gawker or any of its sites, they were all garbage. And the Hulk Hogan sex tape was scummy garbage that I never had any interest in. But it

by ebbv 10y ago

I agree. I never read Gawker or any of its sites, they were all garbage. And the Hulk Hogan sex tape was scummy garbage that I never had any interest in. But it also isn't that different from lots of other celebrity leaks that have been published before which have not resulted in damages that ruined the publishers. Peter Thiel funding a lawsuit against a company he has a personal grudge against is a scary thing. What if the Koch Brothers decide to start funding lawsuits against Nature or Science magazines that publisher articles about global warming? Even if none of the lawsuits win, they could shut down these publications because of the legal bills involved in the court cases. People celebrating this are in my opinion incredibly myopic.

GVIrish 10y ago
> What if the Koch Brothers decide to start funding lawsuits against Nature or Science magazines that publisher articles about global warming? Even if none of the lawsuits win, they could shut down these publications because of the legal bills involved in the court cases. That would be scary but nothing was stopping them from doing that before. In the case of Gawker they lost in court because they were wrong, they didn't run out of money due to attrition.
eanzenberg 10y ago
Let the Koch brothers sue whoever they want. They can in this country. If they want to waste their money on frivolousness and get thrown out with contempt + paying the other side's legal fees than so be it.
GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
>What if the Koch Brothers decide to start funding lawsuits against Nature or Science magazines that publisher articles about global warming? If those articles were somehow actually legally libellous, that would be fine. But that seems unlikely.
PhasmaFelis 10y ago
> I agree. I never read Gawker or any of its sites, they were all garbage. Well, no, some of the sites under the Gawker umbrella were quite excellent. That's one more thing to lay at the feet of Nick Denton; his irresponsible behavior is going to take down some pretty good journalism along with the cesspool that was Gawker proper.

by ebbv 10y ago

GVIrish 10y ago

> What if the Koch Brothers decide to start funding lawsuits against Nature or Science magazines that publisher articles about global warming? Even if none of the lawsuits win, they could shut down these publications because of the legal bills involved in the court cases. That would be scary but nothing was stopping them from doing that before. In the case of Gawker they lost in court because they were wrong, they didn't run out of money due to attrition.

eanzenberg 10y ago

Let the Koch brothers sue whoever they want. They can in this country. If they want to waste their money on frivolousness and get thrown out with contempt + paying the other side's legal fees than so be it.

GunboatDiplomat 10y ago

>What if the Koch Brothers decide to start funding lawsuits against Nature or Science magazines that publisher articles about global warming? If those articles were somehow actually legally libellous, that would be fine. But that seems unlikely.

PhasmaFelis 10y ago

> I agree. I never read Gawker or any of its sites, they were all garbage. Well, no, some of the sites under the Gawker umbrella were quite excellent. That's one more thing to lay at the feet of Nick Denton; his irresponsible behavior is going to take down some pretty good journalism along with the cesspool that was Gawker proper.