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I believe that "bad-mouthing" does not imply "lying". There are no laws against vilifying, criticizing severely, speaking unfavorably of big, powerful businesse
by praptak 15y ago
I believe that "bad-mouthing" does not imply "lying". There are no laws against vilifying, criticizing severely, speaking unfavorably of big, powerful businesses as long as you have some backup in facts.
Edit: Supreme courts (or equivalents) in most countries make it very clear in their verdicts that protecting the right to expose scoundrels is very high on their priority list. Especially if the scoundrels are big and powerful. Public interest and all that.
- dos1 15y agoBig powerful businesses maybe, but apparently you can tell the truth and still have to pay damages to individuals: http://www.startribune.com/local/117805398.html http://www.startribune.com/local/117805398.html
- tokenadult 15y agoThat trial court verdict is extremely anomalous (I say as a lawyer from the same state) and is being appealed. http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2011/03/14/26584/johnny_northside_damn_right_were_appealing_60000_judgment http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2011/03/14/26584/johnny_nor... http://minnlawyer.com/jdr/2011/03/21/is-the-special-verdict-form-to-blame-for-the-johnny-northside-verdict/ http://minnlawyer.com/jdr/2011/03/21/is-the-special-verdict-... http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2011/06/06/johnny-northside-60000-judgment-upheld-northside-blog-suit http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2011/06/06/johnny-northsid... http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=12002 http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=12002 http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2011/60000-ruling-against-truthful-blogger-tests-limits-first-amendment http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2011/60000-ruling-against-tr...