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If a newspaper critic wrote reviews in exchange for money, while lying about it, this sounds to me like extortion. It might be fraud, too. IANAL.
by cynicalkane 17y ago
If a newspaper critic wrote reviews in exchange for money, while lying about it, this sounds to me like extortion. It might be fraud, too. IANAL.
- jrockway 17y agoFollowing the legal definition of extortion, I don't see a case. It's unethical, certainly, but the action you take against unethical journalists or their publications is to stop reading them. The legal system does not provide a remedy.
- dschobel 17y agoIf you can convince a jury that you lost business because of someone else's action, then you can get damages. Welcome to civil court.