On Sep 11, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Charles Bennett wrote: > > On Sep 2, 2009, at 7:03 PM, Patrick Coskren wrote: > >> :-) So what asinine accusation did Beck baselessly level at someone, >> such that this is the response? It doesn't feel like something that >> just appeared. >> >> On Sep 2, 2009, at 6:58 PM, Jared ''Danger'' Earle wrote: >> >>> http://glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com/ >>> >>> :) >>> > > > In the 'it's all fun and games until someone poke an eye out" > > <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/can-a-mere-domain-name-be-defamation-glenn-beck-says-yes.ars >> > > I think the person running that website is about to discover what it's > like to give your life savings to a lawyer. > > For now, they are just trying to take control of the domain name, but > I see a defamation case on the way. > > Claiming satire will only take you so far and regardless of the > outcome, if beck's folks sue, defending that bit of tomfoolery is > going to be expensive.
The Hustler case already decided this kind of thing. A public figure when paired with something outrageous like this is fair game. Is it crass? Yes. I suspect the EFF or ACLU would help in the defense of something like this. --Larry _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
