Comments on: Blogger sued for book review http://overlawyered.com/2007/08/blogger-sued-for-book-review/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: » Hijacking History paulmackenzieross.com: There’s only one Paul Mackenzie Ross http://overlawyered.com/2007/08/blogger-sued-for-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-38851 » Hijacking History paulmackenzieross.com: There’s only one Paul Mackenzie Ross Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:42:12 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5238#comment-38851 [...] That’s not to say that there aren’t repercussions for blogging and somebody taking affront to your comments. Take the story of biologist P.Z. Myers who wrote a negative review about a book called Lifecode: The Theory of Biological Self Organization. Author Stuart Pivar decided to sue Myers for calling him a “classic crackpot”. There’s a good overview with all the links at Overlawyered. [...] [...] That’s not to say that there aren’t repercussions for blogging and somebody taking affront to your comments. Take the story of biologist P.Z. Myers who wrote a negative review about a book called Lifecode: The Theory of Biological Self Organization. Author Stuart Pivar decided to sue Myers for calling him a “classic crackpot”. There’s a good overview with all the links at Overlawyered. [...]

]]> By: Michael Ejercito http://overlawyered.com/2007/08/blogger-sued-for-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-8664 Michael Ejercito Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:30:39 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5238#comment-8664 Mere statements of opinion do not count as libel. Statements purported to be facts may constitute libel. Mere statements of opinion do not count as libel.

Statements purported to be facts may constitute libel.

]]> By: AMcA http://overlawyered.com/2007/08/blogger-sued-for-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-8663 AMcA Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:29:25 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5238#comment-8663 Wow, the plaintiff's signature alone says it all: egomaniac. Wow, the plaintiff’s signature alone says it all: egomaniac.

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