No, things just are what they are. This wasn't a lost case. It was a publication feeling that their position wasn't defendable and settling.
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Replying to @VincentFletcher @evilref and
The term "settlement" is incorrect and inappropriate if no suit was ever brought, Mr. Legal Expert
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Replying to @arthur_affect @evilref and
Nope. That climb-down was made in full and final settlement of the case.
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Replying to @VincentFletcher @evilref and
There is no "case" you tremendous billowing sack of hot air
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Replying to @arthur_affect @evilref and
In settlement of the issue then, to avoid a legal case, if you want to engage in semantics.
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Replying to @VincentFletcher @evilref and
The semantics are pretty important here, because they give a very different impression of what happened -- they indicate that the organization JKR threatened caved almost immediately without trying to go to court at all
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Replying to @arthur_affect @evilref and
For the reasons they gave, yes.
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Replying to @VincentFletcher @evilref and
Well, no, the extremely obvious reason is that going to court is very expensive The fact that this particular reason was never mentioned at all in their apology is a strong argument for taking the apology as insincere and coerced As is not being a dipshit
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Replying to @arthur_affect @evilref and
When you say 'obvious' I think you mean 'I choose to interpret things as.'
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Replying to @VincentFletcher @arthur_affect and
Anyone with a passing familiarity with UK libel law would *immediately* assume that someone who does not have the cash to defend a legal action conceded it for that reason.
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Everyone knows this and they're just taking the piss in order to be smug They actively enjoy that they have a billionaire on their side and revel in watching her use her power on people weaker than her (which they twist into a Girl Power Feminism thing)
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