Comments on: ShoeMoney Subpoenaed Over Slanderous Blog Comments

By: legalvanitynumbers

legalvanitynumbers — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:33:09 +0000

I've read this article last week and i keep reading it again and again. Why? its simply amazing.. again , thanks kevin from law firm marketing

By: legalvanitynumbers

legalvanitynumbers — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:33:09 +0000

I've read this article last week and i keep reading it again and again. Why? its simply amazing.. again , thanks kevin from law firm marketing

By: legalvanitynumbers

legalvanitynumbers — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:59:18 +0000

couldnt agree more with kevin. Legal Vanity can help you with this situations.

By: trafficpowersucks

trafficpowersucks — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:04:53 +0000

This is hardley a “landmark case”, Aaron Wall of http://www.seobook.com and my site, http://www.trafficpowersucks.com, went through the same thing a couple of years ago. It was even written up in the Wall Street Journal. Bottom line: The lawyers for both sides made a lot of money, as will happen in this case. Schoemaker should start asking for donations now…

By: spinwolf

spinwolf — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:19:26 +0000

i will eat this blog when everyone is finished with it.

please leave mustard.

love,
spinzy

By: Shaun Carter

Shaun Carter — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:33:01 +0000

Sounds to me like the poster (Mr. Shrock) had proof to back up everything he said, so I’m not too sure a claim of defamation will hold up here. If it does and creates precedent, it could absolutely destroy the way many people communicate their thoughts on the Internet.

By: Brian Clark

Brian Clark — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:52:23 +0000

P.S. The most accurate description for what is being alleged here is “business disparagement.”

OK, no more lawyering… ugh. ;)

By: Brian Clark

Brian Clark — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:50:28 +0000

Kevin is right. One other thing, written comments can never be “slanderous,” but they can be “libelous.”

Spoken defamation=slander
Written defamantion=libel

By: Morgan Carey

Morgan Carey — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:08:09 +0000

It is funny I had this exact same situation, someone threatening to sue me over slander because I blogged complaining about thier staff spamming my forums with self promotional garbage (Self promotion is against our clearly posted terms of use policy) – You can read my original blog post at http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/morgan-carey/269/show/ and there are quite a few comments added.

Am I worried? Nope! The reason is everything I said in my post was true. I don’t think you can be sued for publishing the truth, just because the person you are posting about doesn’t like it.
I will be watching this very closely.

By: Usagi

Usagi — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:17:45 +0000

I think Quickconnect is demmanding Shoemaker to proof Mr. Schrock is a real person, not his alter-ego.