Evony Sues Blogger for Libel
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God I hope so.Christemo said:
How about "Hey Kids this guy is a great lay!"cleverlymadeup said:
Now I'd deny it flat out, but it couldn't hurt
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Apparently not. From what I've heard the game is some kind of mediocre Civ knockoff, and the suggestive ads are the only thing bringing the people to that place.008Zulu said:
I think we should make a paypal account and contribute $2 so this blogger can beat the SHIT out of this case.
This is not good precedence if it is successful. I think it will be thrown out, personally. Evony have literaly just cherry picked an area in the world that has out dated libel laws.
Frankly the Australian courts of that area should probably think of reform 8)
If a game of boobs, or no boobs, comes knocking. You know your in trouble!
This is not good precedence if it is successful. I think it will be thrown out, personally. Evony have literaly just cherry picked an area in the world that has out dated libel laws.
Frankly the Australian courts of that area should probably think of reform 8)
If a game of boobs, or no boobs, comes knocking. You know your in trouble!
This move to file in AU is shady as hell but I can understand why they are doing it. The U.S. libel laws are so messed up that it's next to impossible for a public figure or company to ever win a libel suit even if it is true, espically if the suit is against a private/suto private citizen. I'm not sure how international libel suits work but I know that filing in the U.S. would be a total waste of time and money for them.
is it just me or that guy seemed like an attention whore?? also he is trying to make a rukus saying that "oh... the interwebz are in danger of the corrupt corporation"
i dont know, it seems like an statement to try and steer Anon (the deffenders of the web)
also, the company is right to make the lawsuit, because well, he was saying things that directly concerned the company and he didn´t had facts to rely on...
or at least that´s how i saw it.
i dont know, it seems like an statement to try and steer Anon (the deffenders of the web)
also, the company is right to make the lawsuit, because well, he was saying things that directly concerned the company and he didn´t had facts to rely on...
or at least that´s how i saw it.
not really libel does NOT contravene free speech, it's part of the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. if someone is spread out right lies about you, how can you really live a happy life, depending on what they say you really can'tvfaulkon said:
put it this way if someone went around saying you like to fondle young boys, you wouldn't like it too much. now a few people would think it was totally false, however there would be a few people that would think it's true and treat you differently and that would also have an outcome on your personal life.
it really sucks that people have to resort to legal resolutions for this but this is what it's come to because frankly people are jerks
Normally I'd step up to the plate here and point out that every business has a right to defend itself against rumours, that bloggers are often loudmouthed jerks with an allergy to research and that rarely is a person in the right just because they're the little guy.
Normally, that is what I would say.
In this case, let these smut-peddling, malware-producing, second-rate human beings burn. Get the guys who did the LEFT4DEAD petition out here and have them whip up a Evony petition. I wonder if a 200,000 man boycott will hurt their numbers as much as Bruce's brave, brave words.
What's that? You don't like it when people say things that are bad about you? You like it even worse when they PROVE to everyone you're a bunch of lying, lazy hacks? Well how do you feel about it when a few thousand people stand up and DO something to show they hate your guts, are disgusted by your practices and wish you a horrible, horrible future. I hope your company is run into the ground and gamers everywhere spend the next 5 years turning you into a punch line:
Average posts about lousy game, 2014:
"Hey guys, "GAME X" really sucks, I mean, really. Its like Uwe Boll and Evony had a baby. "
"This game preview is all boobs, no content. It smells a bit "evony" to me"
"F1RST P0$T! I Love EVONY"
Normally, that is what I would say.
In this case, let these smut-peddling, malware-producing, second-rate human beings burn. Get the guys who did the LEFT4DEAD petition out here and have them whip up a Evony petition. I wonder if a 200,000 man boycott will hurt their numbers as much as Bruce's brave, brave words.
What's that? You don't like it when people say things that are bad about you? You like it even worse when they PROVE to everyone you're a bunch of lying, lazy hacks? Well how do you feel about it when a few thousand people stand up and DO something to show they hate your guts, are disgusted by your practices and wish you a horrible, horrible future. I hope your company is run into the ground and gamers everywhere spend the next 5 years turning you into a punch line:
Average posts about lousy game, 2014:
"Hey guys, "GAME X" really sucks, I mean, really. Its like Uwe Boll and Evony had a baby. "
"This game preview is all boobs, no content. It smells a bit "evony" to me"
"F1RST P0$T! I Love EVONY"
I find it funny that no matter how poor a product you're putting out, you've always got top notch lawyers to sue someone to high hell when necessary.
Has evony just given up on the costumed ads and just full force into what is basically pornography? I just saw an Evony ad that was just a shot of a naked girl in a fogged glass shower. There was no Renaissance tie-in, just a straight up naked girl, barely blurred by a shower door. Sex sells, yes, but generally you need a decent product to back it up.
Not entirely a bad point - I know that even baseless accusations can do some damage - but free speech doesn't just protect the good guys. If, say, you wanted to go around saying that very thing about me, you bet your ass I'd refute it, deny it, demand proof...but I wouldn't SUE you. Legally, you have the right to say that. Hell, you have the right to say I'm a necrophiliac Neo-nazi that bathes in baby blood if you wanted.cleverlymadeup said:
Besides, think about this - technically speaking, a large number of Youtube comments could constitute a case of libel under these conditions, especially with the racist, homophobic, 100% flame-spreading troll posts you can find on a daily basis. Now imagine how many court rooms across the country, perhaps across the world, would be filled with a pair of bickering dumbasses who made some hateful comment under a music video, claiming 'slander' and 'libel' back and forth. We're not even talking about cases worthy of Judge Judy. And all of that sucking up valuable time and money from the legal process and the taxpayers, knowing some psychotic murderer's court date is waiting behind MCR_rulz_j00's lawsuit.
I don't care how popular suing people is in America. Litigation is an extreme step and should be reserved for serious, truly dangerous situations. If someone sees a post they disagree with, they should ask for proof of their claim before pushing the 'lawsuit' button. This simple, neutral response will weed out the baseless conjecture from the real evidence for all to see.
Oh, and next time, skip the 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' bit. It's a weak and clichéd argument. Besides, if you wanna talk about the American dream, how about the liberty of 'freedom of speech'? How about Evony pulling their heads out of their asses, checking with their lawyers on the past failures of similar cases, and not trying to drag one blogger's livelihood down into the dirt?
