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I'm thinking more like a huge lawsuit.

• fleitz 13y ago
  Libel? Slander? Where's the suit? If this guy actually is Satoshi the last thing in the world he wants is to be on a witness stand. Opening a case against Newsweek lets them subpoena all sorts of records that they aren't entitled to with out a case, primarily because the truth is a defence to slander / libel, and if this guy loses then he's forever Satoshi. Also it's going to be pretty difficult to prove that he suffered damages from the article.
  • pseudonym 13y ago
    >Also it's going to be pretty difficult to prove that he suffered damages from the article. It depends on what the fallout from it is, in terms of internet attention. If he's not "the real Satoshi" and he starts getting harassed because of this article, I'd say he has a pretty decent case: If the statement "is false, caused harm, and was made without adequate research", then most non-celebrity citizens have a pretty strong case.
  • declan 13y ago
    See my comment above re: potential liability: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7357827 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7357827
  • dinkumthinkum 13y ago
    I know you may not mean this ... But, it is interesting to think of being "accused" if creating Bitcoin as "slander."