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Replying to @paul_smortions @MFnP and
That's an opinion. I have the same opinion: I wouldn't trust JKR around my children, and if she wants to try and sue me for it she can see me in US court.
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JKR apparently felt it met the standards for libel. Spurling's lawyers apparently agreed. But Sam the web developer believes he knows better. In my judgement, you don't really care about vexatious litigation. You just want people to have free rein to attack a woman you dislike.
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Replying to @paul_smortions @MFnP and
JKR felt she had the money to hire lawyers for however long it was necessary, and Spurling knew even winning the lawsuit would be financially devastating. I have lawyers on retainer, and the US's defamation laws include anti-SLAPP provisions.
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It's pretty obvious that saying someone is a danger to children is grounds for a libel action. You don't care about that though.
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Replying to @paul_smortions @MFnP and
Look it up, Einstein. Opinions are not defamation under the law (either US or UK).
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"Rowling has made it clear that she can no longer be trusted around children". I was 20 years a journalist. I know, without question, that statement is over the line. It's not presented as an opinion.
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Replying to @paul_smortions @MFnP and
Whether or not someone can be trusted is an opinion.
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No it isn't. You can have an opinion on it, and you can voice that opinion. But if you state it as a fact you invite consequences. Had Spurling started with "in my opinion" or "I question whether" then she'd have been rather safer.
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Replying to @paul_smortions @Azuaron and
The article she bullied into being taken down did not even state an opinion on wether she was harmful, merely reported that other people believed she was, and that didnt help, so... No. What you are saying is Demonstrably false.
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Lol yeah the article from The Day demonstrably made no factual claims about JKR's guilt at all, it just "implied" she was a bad person by reporting on the obviously factually true claim that other people think so, without directly calling those other people wrong
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Replying to @arthur_affect @VivJaye and
That move was the really Orwellian one Not just forcing me to say I love Big Brother but forcing me to say EVERYONE loves Big Brother
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