Model Wins Suit Against Google Blogger

[viometrix]

i personally believe if someone is posting an opinion....it is just that, their opinion....falls under sticks and stones, etc etc.... but i believe when it is lies, slander, threats, and untruths that may have an effect on a career or life, then privacy policies do not apply.... and there are ways to make determinations between the differences of what falls into what category...

 

[phraun]

Well, what a fantastic precedent to set. Pretty soon we'll see people being sued because they hurt someone's feelings.

To the model: grow the fuck up. Not everyone on the planet has to adore you. Go get some counseling to deal with your myriad insecurities.

 

[Burodsx]

Good to see people making great use of the court system. Oh wait, no... no that was a waste of time. Now we can take people to court for hurting our feelings. What next? The death penalty?

 

[Sicundercover]

A lot of people hide behind the anonymity of the internet because they are cowards. Its one thing if your blowing the whistle on an injustice, but its entirely different to abuse anonymity to do nothing my then trash talk people. Thats not freedom of speech thats just being a prick.

These people are mad because they have failed at life and want to blame other people they envy because they dont have the will to push themselves to achieve.

Just like Periz Hilton, he talks smack about everyone and then gets all whinny when confronted face to face.

 

[hillarymakesmecry]

"Do you think it was right for Google to turn over the information?"

Um, I don't think Google had a choice. Is your question "Did the judge..."

 

[ssalim]

-"Skankiest in NYC" and "may have been hot 10 years ago" are opinions and not a threat or necessarily an untruth statement.
-The blog is no longer online.

However, she (the blogger) or anyone really, should have
-kept her mouth shut (ie: not post that blog).
-kept that in her head.

In my opinion:
-Cohen needs to grow up albeit her being 36 yr old already. What does this no-longer-online blog do to you, ruin your career? no.
-Cohen needs to know that she cannot make everybody loves her.

Then again, I may get sued by commenting. So I will just shut the fuck up. There is no freedom of speech in this world.

 

[biometricsguy]

Is it just me, or does this whole thing sound like a real bad episode of sex in the city meets desperate housewives?

 

[Guest]

Every little crybaby celebrity that complains when their feelings get "hurt" by someone because their useless lives are "insulted" because someone said something they didn't like to hear should be subject to the first 3 days of any type of basic training.

The moral: Thicken your skin you worthless celebrity whore.

 

[cablechewer]

If a blog is just a personal opinion doesn't that put it on par with a newspaper editorial or an opinion piece written by any reporter? There are a lot of similarities. Both represent an opinion, both are published for others to read, etc. Shouldn't we attach the same minimum level of personal responsibility to the author of all three items?

Anonymity and the internet should not be excuses and shields for inappropriate behaviour.

 

[randerson]

Being called the "skankiest in NYC" is by no means worthy of a slander-libel lawsuit, but i do think people need to man up and not do these stupid anonymous crap

 

[Montezuma]

I am going to start a blog of my own about how big an idiot and "skank" Liskula Cohen is. I am more than willing to give this idiot woman all of my information and dare her to sue me. The woman is fugly and an obvious skank.

Check this out: http://internetdefamationblog.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/liskulacohen.jpg

If someone calls me an asshole, I cannot turn around and sue them. They are actually right, I am an asshole. Seriously though, the courts have gotten out of control if they will allow people to sue someone for saying something they dislike.

 

[Blessedman]

yummy

 

[warezme]

This is not cool. I have no issue with allowing someone to vent their personal opinion on an informal blog. That is why it is there for. If you don't like it, blog back, express your opinion. So what if she called YO Mama a Skanky Ho, it doesn't matter. It isn't the truth and no one probably knows who your mama is anyway.(loose example) A judge's ruling has no place in an informal blog session.

 

[Guest]

This is a worrisome verdict as it will no doubt be used as a prejudicate to further erode the ability to anonymously post opinion in online forums.

Which is bad since it will either trivialize tracking and registering personal information and opinion or act as a severe detriment to freedom of speech, in fear over the aforementioned tracking and registration.

I dearly wish the courts would take into consideration the deeper implications of their verdict instead of some butthurt skank.

Or maybe that's exactly what they did... dum dum DUM!

 

[Glorian]

Sure there is nothing wrong with stating ones opinion, but these are not opinions the purpose of this person was to land personal attacks at Cohen. The internet is no different that a magazine/newspaper. The thing that I despise about the internet are the people who hide behind a screen and don't have the testicular fortitude to tell a person off in person.

 

[kittle]

People seem to forget that freedom of speech works BOTH WAYS.

If somebody calls me an ___ im free to turn aroud and tell them to STFU.

 

[Guest]

Wow, more than a few misconceptions here. Fist of all the word 'skank' does have a definition: (Thanks to Merriam-Webster)
* Main Entry: skank
* Pronunciation: \ˈskaŋk\
* Function: noun
* Etymology: origin unknown
* Date: 1964
slang : a person and especially a woman of low or sleazy character

Which you will note speaks to character. Also there is nothing in freedom of speech in the US that allows libel or slander - even on the internet. This article also incorrectly states that this is a 'first' it isn't. A ruling was made much earlier this year in regards to a Texas couple being very much maligned online with no evidence of wrongdoing. So much so that they had to move, because it spilt over into the real world.
I applaud these rulings and believe the internet should not be a place where people can say anything about anyone at anytime without any repercussions. WE are the adults too, and people should think before they hit 'submit' and be as responsible for their own actions online as they are in the real world. Hellwig - hope you have a good lawyer. ; )

 

[tigger_44]

The couple from Texas was the Leshers and the article was posted on ars technica on February 11, 2009 - link here.

There is also some decent, not too legalese information on libel and slander at the following link - if anyone is interested:
http://www.cba.org/BC/public_media/rights/240.aspx

 

[tenor77]

[citation][nom]sicundercover[/nom]A lot of people hide behind the anonymity of the internet because they are cowards. Its one thing if your blowing the whistle on an injustice, but its entirely different to abuse anonymity to do nothing my then trash talk people. Thats not freedom of speech thats just being a prick. These people are mad because they have failed at life and want to blame other people they envy because they dont have the will to push themselves to achieve. Just like Periz Hilton, he talks smack about everyone and then gets all whinny when confronted face to face.[/citation]


You calling me a prick? I'm suing you and Toms for the defamation of my character!!!

 

[Guest]

This has all left the boundary of sanity, from ranting as children in the school yard that we all had to come to terms with as a giver or taker to this ridiculous erosion and paranoia bubbling up and growing like some form of verbal cancer, a disease provoked by a legal system that cannot separate ranting and free expression from an over sensitive persons reception of those words (and inability to deal with)... if we all keep allowing these sorts of judgements then it will never end - no more ranting, in the school yard, in the office, in the street on the internet, anywhere. We can say goodbye to all those great songs by the likes of so many artists both male and female - by-by Eminem, Limp Bizkit, Lily Allen etc. This is just another ruling that stops people learning to deal with being human and is just wasting tons of resources by lining lawyers pockets. It's all only words for Gods sake.... does this really matter at the expense of sanitising all human expression. I feel sick at the thought of the mental white coats we will all have to wear in a few years due to the fear of farting out of place because someone with more cash than you will drag you through the courts because they have more money than they have an understanding of themselves.