Lawyer Sues Facebook Claiming Other Users Defamed Him
from the they-don't-teach-section-230? dept
It’s always impressive when you see lawyers file lawsuits which suggest they’re not entirely familiar with the law. Eric Goldman points us to a lawsuit filed by a Nevada lawyer, Jonathan Goldsmith, suing Facebook and two Facebook users for defamation, due to some mean Facebook comments.
Yet again, it seems like sometimes even when people say mean stuff about you online, which might not be true, it’s better to just shrug it off than filing a lawsuit, drawing a lot more attention to the mean things… and anything else that might get attention.
Filed Under: defamation, jonathan goldsmith, liability, safe harbors, section 230
Companies: facebook
Comments on “Lawyer Sues Facebook Claiming Other Users Defamed Him”
will that be pursued?
Granted that there’s a case that was filed already. I do not exactly know if that case will go further. Is there a clear law and justifiable case for that? That’s the common problem all the time whenever someone sues the other of something that is so devastating to one’s reputation, it is not pursue the right way.
This guy must’ve lived an interesting life, thinking that “cease” and “sieze” are the same word. When someone tells him to “sieze the day”, does he go back to bed?
Re: "sieze the day"
I guess he doesn’t have axes to a dictionary like you do.
Re: Re: "sieze the day"
It certainly shows an attention to detale that is desired in a lawyer for the schmuck you are sueing.
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All of you raze important points here.
Re: Re: Re:2 "sieze the day"
Stop with the offal puns already!
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grate, now I have a headake.
I think your just giving the shysters free advertising. I’d of blocked there names out.
FUNNY and Ridiculous
Lawyer quotes through history are not kind at all to lawyers LoL
http://www.allgreatquotes.com/lawyer_quotes.shtml
The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.
William Shakespeare
King Henry VI Part 2.
Lawyer, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
Ambrose Bierce
The Devil’s Dictionary.
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
Will Rogers
A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a thousand men with guns.
Mario Puzo
It is better to be a mouse in a cat’s mouth than a man in a lawyer’s hands.
Spanish Proverb
Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne.
Jesus
The Bible, Luke 11. 46.
WTF! even Jesus knew.
Jonathan Goldszmith is a faggot and a pedophile!!!
That’s what he’s suing over. Someone on facebook, that he never met, called him names.
Jonathan Goldsmith loves gay child porn!!!
Haha
people these days are out and out pussies. makes me sad for the human race
Hmmm
Was one of the comments about his competitance as a lawyer & the other about his use of english?
lol
Re: Hmmm
Heh just read the case document. lmfao….
hehehe
Jonathan Goldszmith is in bed with his lawyers.
See, we can do it too.
I hope TechDirt doesnt have “axes” to my IP address.
I don't get it
How can these “defamation” and “libel” laws even exist? The constitution is VERY, VERY clear. SHALL MAKE NO LAW does not provide any wiggle room.
Especially if you're stupid...
“…it’s better to just shrug it off than filing a lawsuit, drawing a lot more attention to the mean things… and anything else that might get attention” which of course is particularly true when you might be drawing attention to the facts that a) apparently you don’t know your own business very well and b) you appear to be stupid.
This is only an opinion, though; nothing actionable here. Move along now, there’s nothing more to see here.
BTW, I have lawyer jokes too: PondScumandLawyers.com.
Defamation
It is a very comfortable situation for the lawyer. He knows he cant sue, but after all what can he lose.
Facebook negligence, consumer abuse and teen suicide
I think I discovered a related series of abuses. As an engineer, I also discovered significant loopholes and failures in Facebook’s safety measures. Make sure to read my comments on this post: https://www.facebook.com/flexengineer/posts/10151832721485679
fuck that excuse. facebook should not be protected from not protecting facebook users