Posted On: 02/23/2014 12:42:47 PM
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In a Yahoo Finance internet libel case, a judge in July 2013 awarded $20 million to the plaintiff in a judgment against basher Marty Hicks for 50 instances of internet libel in a malicious smear campaign against an OTC company and its management. That works out as $400,000 per defamation.
The court brief is good reading. The basher's 50 posts show that the same M.O. is used in libeling and smearing SK at the Inferno. They apparently draw from the same playbook.
http://freepdfhosting.com/387a6d2074.pdf
According to Mount Pleasant attorney Stephen Bucher of Bucher Legal LLC, the $20 million awarded in this case should serve as a warning to anyone who thinks they can hide behind an alias to conduct a cyber smear or engage in Internet bullying. "The use of cyber consultants with data mining skills combined with some good old fashioned legal investigation almost ensures that those engaging in these illegal activities can be found," states Bucher who represented the plaintiffs in this case. "The era when someone could use the cloak of anonymity of the Internet to destroy reputations and lives is over. There is no cloak of anonymity. We're coming for you."
The court brief is good reading. The basher's 50 posts show that the same M.O. is used in libeling and smearing SK at the Inferno. They apparently draw from the same playbook.
http://freepdfhosting.com/387a6d2074.pdf
According to Mount Pleasant attorney Stephen Bucher of Bucher Legal LLC, the $20 million awarded in this case should serve as a warning to anyone who thinks they can hide behind an alias to conduct a cyber smear or engage in Internet bullying. "The use of cyber consultants with data mining skills combined with some good old fashioned legal investigation almost ensures that those engaging in these illegal activities can be found," states Bucher who represented the plaintiffs in this case. "The era when someone could use the cloak of anonymity of the Internet to destroy reputations and lives is over. There is no cloak of anonymity. We're coming for you."
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