I don't know if this is the right place to post this but I simply cannot believe MCD are going after boards.ie Its a PR disaster. I wasnt at oxegen this year but I was there last year and it was pretty bad for the 'bonfires' (dont worry michele, i dont think they can sue for that!).

I hope boards fight it simply because I want to see what precedent will be set over Irish online discussion forums.

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In case I post early this morning... here's a link to my meanderings on the subject:
Freedom of Speech vs Legal Threats - Boards.ie Threatened Again - Michele Neylon :: Pensieri

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Yeah, I read it. Is this the first time, the company suing boards is actually following through? btw, did you get the letter I wrote to acquire that domain? will it do?

I'm not 100% sure, but this one seems to be more serious than previous threats

This isn't the place ... I honestly do not want this board to be seen as some kind of extension to Blacknight, so if you have any queries please email me or PM me.
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We have talked about this for a while to the point that it has got so serious that any mention of MCD even behind the scenes could be used by MCD in a case.
Boards again isnt the place for free speech, as the admins have pointed out on many occasions, although a lot of users don't like that, this case is a pure example of what can happen when someone posts any comment and a certain person/company does not like it. The owners (as Boards is a ltd. company afterall) have to take the slack when it comes to legalities.

The fact that Devore (Tom Murphy) is fighting this is because he knows "Company X" are fully in the wrong, as the comments that were posted were true.
MCD are acting like the school yard kid.
Kid does something bad
Other kids see it and tell someone else.
Kid then goes around to all other kids and tells them he will beat them up if they say anything else.

I do wonder how long it will be, Michele, before you may get a brief letter to remove posts and threads?

I'm not sure if you know (you probably do), but a site poped up called MCDwatch
mcdwatch.org :: View Forum - Oxegen

I'd say they will have a hard time taking that down as the whois info has been made secret.

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I have to say that it would be very difficult for any company to have posts/threads removed that make no reference other than to the fact that people are posting negatively about that company (if you can follow that).

What MCD seem to have spectacularly missed is that they are just drawing attention to their actions and publicising the alleged problems further. They really are pi$$ing upwind with this (sorry for cur$ing Michele)

It is perfectly safe to discuss the furore as long as you don't make any specific references to problems at the event itself.

No slander in stating fact!

Oh yes @ georgiecasey thanks for the link - i'm really quite flattered as its the first time I've featured on a blogroll

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There seems to have been quite a bit of discussion about the MCD situation across blogs and mailing lists over the last couple of days.

The thing that concerns me most is that MCD are reported as saying that they will take legal action against anyone who reports about the event in a negative fashion:
Freedom of Speech vs Legal Threats - Boards.ie Threatened Again - Michele Neylon :: Pensieri

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Kinda takes away peoples opinions eh?

Next time someone says my site is crap, expect a legal letter from me.

Anyways all forums on boards now have a notice about it.

Good luck boards.