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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.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Thursday May 15 2014, @06:15PM
Its true you can usually get away with saying something is your opinion.
Most of the time reviews attacking the sellers personally, get down-rated as being unhelpful on Amazon. They have no Troll rating, but they will, in fact, remove abusive reviews.
There are lots of reviews that attack the product, point out all of the deficiencies, and recommend "Don't Buy". These tend to stay, and even get marked as helpful.
I guess it comes down to which is more important to you, hurling an insult, or helping other buyers not get stung.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Thursday May 15 2014, @06:17PM
Crap, sorry for all bold... Must remember to click preview...
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.