Brad

The real point being that devious business practices are, by and large,
abhorred by people of principle.  That abhorrence is reflected in the
many posts that you, curiously, consider biased.

If you believe that your business practises and involvements are
defensible and can stand extremely close scrutiny,  then take legal
action and stop the noise and bluster.

Similarly, if you contend that the statements made about your business
are false, then prove them so or take legal action on that as well.  If
they're true, they can't possibly be defamatory, so why would you
consider them as such?

Some strange oxymoronic logic on your part - you state "I would hope
that the internet is above the law" yet you threaten the law when the
Internet is being used in the way that you so heartily endorse.  How can
you reconcile these opposing positions?

By the way, as a layman and not a lawyer my understanding is that the
action you threaten is libel, not defamation.  Perhaps you should budget
for $250 000 and get somebody who knows the difference.

Your use of the phrase "A genuine question ..." is interesting, in that
it infers that the others you raised weren't.

Another observation, gleaned from your posts:  you claim that you would
worry 24*7 for fear of legal action arising from posts you may have
written.  Why then don't you have the same fear from sending unsolicited
contracts to consumers that are arguably designed to ensnare them?  I
assume that you've explained *that* to your family - so how about
explaining it to us who object.

Ron Stark



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Norrish [mailto:brad§brad.com.au] 
> Sent: Tuesday, 2 March 2004 7:11 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: Re: [DNS] DNS list
> 
> 
> Kim boiling my comments seems to change them.
> 
> I didn't say nobody should run mailing lists on the internet.
> 
> The point being made is those who do should be very careful 
> and wary of distributing posts that could result in legal action.
> 
> I personally would be terrified sick if I was responcible for 
> some of the posts that have made it to this list.
> 
> A genuine question, in light of some of the posts that have 
> been made to this list over the last year or so and with such 
> a large amount of money at stake (my quote for a defamation 
> action in WA is $150 000) have you received advice as to the 
> legal exposure of a mailing list with regards to the posts 
> that it distributes?
> 
> I would assume that the same law applies to the internet as 
> other media.
> 
> Brad
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kim Davies" <kim&#167;cynosure.com.au>
> To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [DNS] DNS list
> 
> 
> > Quoting Brad Norrish on Tuesday March 02, 2004:
> > | Running a list?
> > | That would be terrifying!
> >
> > OK, so boiling down your comments. No-one should run 
> mailing lists on 
> > the Internet because it is legally naive. I guess 
> consequently no-one 
> > should run email servers either. Letting people send email at all 
> > allows them to express their ideas. Now that I think about 
> it - domain 
> > names, Internet access. They are all vehicles for 
> defamation. No-one 
> > in their right mind would use any of it.
> >
> > kim
> >
> > 
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