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> I find it easy to believe him. He posts using his real name. If he is lying then ....well Google has an army of lawyers. Without taking any side here, this i
by danielweber 13y ago
> I find it easy to believe him. He posts using his real name. If he is lying then ....well Google has an army of lawyers.
Without taking any side here, this isn't indicative of much. One has to work very hard to be able to actually lose a libel or slander lawsuit in the US. And while it would be very easy for Google to start a lawsuit it knows it can't win just to pressure some guy to shut up, Google probably understands the Streisand effect very well.
- sheepmullet 13y ago> Without taking any side here, this isn't indicative of much. I think it does up the ante. If a Google employee (or anyone who doesn't like him really) could catch him in a lie his reputation would be damaged as he is a "public figure". On the other hand if you caught me in a lie... well only around 5-6 people know who I am and I copied this nick off another bloke on a different forum because I thought it was cool. So it wouldn't really bother me.
- danielweber 13y agoWhether he's a public figure is debatable (the Wiki article gives a good summary of the questions we'd need), but all it means for a defamation suit is that Google would not have to prove malice. There would be many other hurdles to clear. IANAL.