Posted on 06-Apr-2004 07:24 GMT by Christian Kemp (Edited on 2004-04-06 10:09:44 GMT by Christian Kemp) | 1057 comments View flat View list |
I am currently being threatened by my former employer (they are "compelled [to] take action against [me]") for the way I am running ANN, and how this allegedly violates my employment contract with them ("interfere _in any manner_ with any business relationship between the Company and any of its customers or business partners"). This might entail drastic changes to the relative freedom of speech ANN has always allowed its visitors, or ANN might close down altogether. Updated 10:00 CET.
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Legal threats? : Comment 296 of 1057 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Rich Woods on 06-Apr-2004 16:46 GMT | In reply to Comment 240 (Bernie Meyer): Posted by Bernie Meyer (Trusted user) on 06-Apr-2004 15:16:49
In Reply to Comment 232 (Graham_nli):
Let's for a moment assume that that is indeed what this is about....
Nobody could possibly argue that Christian has any extraordinary qualifications to judge the authenticity of that mail (be it fake or not, who know? Who cares?). And the mail was presented as coming from Fleecy in an official submission to a US district court, by Genesi themselves. No appeal to somebody else's authority ("This mail, which was accepted as coming from Fleecy by Amiga luminaire Christian Kemp"), but rather, its authorship was stated as fact.
If it is indeed fake, and if that causes problems seeing as it was being presented as real --- then the person who was fooled by it enough to submit it to a court surely cannot argue that being fooled by it enough to not remove it from ann.lu was negligent, or in some other way condemnable.
Which means that that's almost certainly not what this is about.
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I agree. If Christian knew for a certainty where the e-mail came from he would state it. (I am assuming it was an e-mail and not a actual letter).
The reason bill buck hasn't said anything is that they most likely are trying to find where the e-mail originated from.
And bill buck, like him or not, he has weathered enough of the Genesi pro and con flamewars - it just wouldn't make any sense to make a "threat" like what is purported to have been made.
And since there was an issue of late payment of monies to Christian for past advertising - bill buck wouldn't be rubbing salt into Christians "wounds". It just makes no sense. |
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