Since the Yahoo suit was dismissed for having no jurisdiction, does that not mean that he could find no one in BC who would help him by admitting they saw this stuff? That is, no one in the whole giant province of BC would help him?

If true then he must not have any reputation to speak of, therefore how can he claim damages? Anyone with a reputation could have found one person living in BC to claim they saw the stuff and were affected by it.

Am I missing something?

But as far as the RIAA cases, most of them that were not “won” were settled out of court. Because the RIAA seems to be afraid of setting a legal precedant that could be used against them in future cases. That seems to set them apart from cases like this, where this guy just wants to sue everyone that HE feels slanders hm and win big for it.

Again, his whole legal case is not very sound to begin with. Because once you start to make demands on websites about what they write…where does it end? With “big broither” watching your every move? Like I said, he can sue all he wants, but that does not mean anything. I really don’t see him having a leg to stand on because “policing” websites for saying things about people would just be too great a task. Kinda like the drug war….you can see how great THAT is going.

You’re absolutely correct.

All I’m saying is that a decision on the actual merits of the case, right off the
bat, would pretty much put a stop to this kind of crap.

Besides,
If you look at the RIAA cases .. and these net chill cases ARE similar …
The point isn’t always winning ….

The point is pitting an incredible financial machine against someone who can’t afford to
fight back , forcing a settlement.

In MOST of them anyway.

This one is different in that Crookes has actually chosen SOME targets than can afford the fight.
I suspect ( my opinion only ) is that there is some large financial backing behind this, in the
hope of setting a precedent that will allow financial censorship on the net, and Crookes
is merely the figurehead.

That is why a CLEAR decision on the case merits is needed.

You can sue anyone for anything, that does not mean you will win!

Suing someone is one thing….winning is quite another.

Without a decidion on merits, others will simply figure out a way around the jursidictional
problem.