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Commodore Threatens Blogger For Being Skeptical About Its Amiga Plans
from the here's-an-opinion-for-you... dept
Slashdot recently pointed us to the fact that OSNews received a legal threat from Commodore USA for publishing an article that was highly skeptical of Commodore's Amiga plans. Slashdot focuses on the fact that the legal nastygram is obviously copied from ChillingEffects.org, including odd formatting and references. While that part is amusing, I don't think it's that interesting. While there's been some discussion about copyright on legal documents, in general, lawyers copy others' legal language all the time, and it's (mostly) considered to be okay.
What's more interesting to me is the threat itself. It's yet another case of someone getting upset about someone's opinion, and thinking that threatening a defamation lawsuit is somehow a good idea, rather than one that simply draws a lot more attention to the content they don't like. Just because someone says something you don't like, it doesn't mean it's illegal.
What's more interesting to me is the threat itself. It's yet another case of someone getting upset about someone's opinion, and thinking that threatening a defamation lawsuit is somehow a good idea, rather than one that simply draws a lot more attention to the content they don't like. Just because someone says something you don't like, it doesn't mean it's illegal.
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ya, know...
And looking at what they are creating, I have contempt.
THIS system started out 15 years BEFORE MS, even thought of a good graphical interface.
Before MS DOS and windows had COLORS, Amiga had 256 TIMES as many colors..
when WIN/TEL had BEEP/BOP/BOOP...Amiga had STEREO SOUND..
With 512K..not a MEG..it had better graphics and speed.
THEY were AHEAD of the game. and STOPPED. Then a graphic video company got ahold of it and made the Video toaster and Flyer.. WHICH even win 95 had problems doing.
NOW to start from scratch with 3 corps jumping all over it..
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Commodore's website
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Update after revisit to website
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Ubuntu 9.10
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Free speech and opinions
I run a site called The Weekly Gripe and as the name suggests, posts somewhat opinionated articles and there's also a moderated forum which can often end up in a heated debate.
On several occasions I have been threatened with legal action because of an opinion or a comment posted by a visitor. More often than not there's no prior communication, can you please take this down etc. The first thing I hear is the threat of lawyers! As it happens I am very careful to make sure the material isn't defamatory or libellous, yet the complaints still come in and I don't think I'd be wrong in calling cyber-bullying. Yes, that's probably the best description. Big sites and big companies (and some smaller companies) think they can push people around with legal threats knowing full well that the little guy doesn't have the money to spend on lawyers.
I truly believe that the day of REAL free speech has come and gone and what we have left is a mediocre, censored diatribe. There are many articles sent to my that I would sorely love to publish but know I cannot.
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Huh...
In terms of the hardware, interesting form factor, I'm tempted by the Phoenix - good that you can get Lucid pre-installed. Hope it's cheap.
But an Amiga? That dream is dead, quit whipping it.
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Boiler Plate
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SUE THAT!
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Pricey
Highly competitive $1250 (NOT) for the equivalent of an entry level PC or Notebook - but without the monitor & other little touches like the ability to clock & customize.
I want a gold case & diamond keys for that price.
lol, Can't see how Commodore could afford a decent lawyer - can't imagine these things flying off the shelves.
Probably the reason why about $1 was spent on the website.
I don't think the blogger has anything to worry about.
Thats my 2 cents, so sue me!.
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20 if No goto 40
30 if yes goto 50
40 "yes it does!"
50 "you know it
Anyone want a 1200 dollar paper weight?
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What about the free publicity?
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Is this a joke???
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Oops...
I pray that this is a hoax....please be a hoax....
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