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#1 Post by ricecrackers » Fri Jul 09, 2010 4:53 pm

i have noticed in recent times there are some topics which are no longer fit for open discussion on this forum
i have wondered whether the owners of the forum have been threatened with litigation...

I ask this because another Adelaide forum I am a member of...a soccer forum, was threatened by a prominent AdelaideNow journalist with litigation, cease and desist whatever on the grounds of defamation.

this seems to be an Adelaide thing...opinion pieces on internet forums are scrutinized now by sensitive journalists
perhaps it is the high concentration of lawyers we have in our villagio...perhaps

regardless, it seems now you are being watched and what appears to be harmless free speech from the anonymous can now land you and the forum you reside in, in hot water
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#2 Post by monotonehell » Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:01 pm

ricecrackers wrote:...this seems to be an Adelaide thing...
Why are people so keen to "own" behaviour as being unique to Adelaide? This kind of thing occurs though out the Western world. There's calls to reform British defamation laws atm because of the high number of petty defamation cases there.
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Re: litigation

#3 Post by Hooligan » Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:28 pm

thread lock in 3...2...1....

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Re: litigation

#4 Post by yousername » Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:10 pm

Hooligan wrote:thread lock in 3...2...1....
Half...quarter...Eighth...
Will wrote:Victorians can get f#$%^&*!
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#5 Post by Omicron » Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:14 pm

The obvious solution, therefore, is to defame everyone.
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#6 Post by The Scooter Guy » Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:00 pm

Excuse me, but was ricecrackers banned? I can't see the red 'BANNED' sign...
For starters, my avatar is the well-known Adelaide Aquatic Centre insignia from 1989.

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Re: litigation

#7 Post by Waewick » Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:59 am

I wouldn't suggest that its an Adelaide thing, but given the err... level of sophistication in the Adelaide media i'd suggest its something that Journo's here are going to be more touchy about :D
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