Exodus (last post)

Thu Oct 8 07:56:53 UTC 1998

> At 09:07 PM 10/7/98 -0400, Steven J. Sobol wrote:
> >On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 08:31:28PM -0400, chrism at postino.raremedium.com
> wrote:
> >> corportate lawyer sent a note to me (with copy to my company's legal
> >> counsel) that he found my "numerous notes" to be "offensive and
> harassing". 
> >
> >Heh. Point him to the Bill of Rights. :P
> 
> IANAL, but if they can prove anything he asserted as factual is not true -
> and he knew that when he posted - can't they sue him in civil court?  Or
> something like that?
> 
> Of course, that's pretty hard to prove, but hey, OJ got off. :)
> 
> TTFN,
> patrick
> 
> I Am Not An Isp
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> 
I believe you are talking about Libel, and if I recall, that requires the
following tests be met:

	1.	Malice of intent
	2.	Knowledgeable untruth

If either is missing, I believe libel cannot be prosecuted.

IANAL either.

Owen