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How Not to Get Sued When Writing Reviews Online

posted by n1 on Thursday May 15 2014, @07:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the say-only-good-things dept.

AnonTechie writes:

From Ars Technica:

Imagine you just purchased a shiny new wireless router from Amazon, only to discover that the product doesn't work as you anticipated. To vent frustration and perhaps help others avoid the same mistake, you leave a negative product review-but some of your claims ultimately turn out to be incorrect or misleading. Now the company's attorneys want to sue you for your "illegal campaign to damage, discredit, defame, and libel" it. Are you going down in flames? Or can you say what you want on the Internet? As with many areas of law, the answers are nuanced and complicated. Our primer, however, will help you avoid the obvious pitfalls.

The article contains advice from defamation lawyer Lee Berlik and free speech attorney Paul Alan Levy.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by evilviper on Thursday May 15 2014, @08:08AM

    by evilviper (1760) on Thursday May 15 2014, @08:08AM (#43642) Homepage Journal

    And for the record, I've never gotten a "manual" when I have purchased "produce"...

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  • (Score: 2) by jimshatt on Thursday May 15 2014, @08:46AM

    by jimshatt (978) on Thursday May 15 2014, @08:46AM (#43656) Journal
    You can, however, "manually" acquire "produce". Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more.

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by everdred on Thursday May 15 2014, @02:58PM

    by everdred (110) on Thursday May 15 2014, @02:58PM (#43759) Journal

    No joke; I have. I actually once had a pomegranate that came with a small printed booklet on how to open it and extract the seeds.