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Old 07-27-2013, 12:09 AM   #107
BWinmill
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Originally Posted by crich70 View Post
Pardon me if I'm wrong but didn't the poster over at wikipedia who accused mobileread of extortion and racketeering open themselves up for libel charges?
Both sides have been irresponsible with the accusations and both sides may be open to charges of libel. MR itself may be on more solid footing with both the information posted on the forums and the server logs, but I have serious questions over the accusations over the Wikipedia edits.

Like I said before, people should wait a bit before dishing out these disparaging comments because it's easy to interpret events from a tainted perspective in the heat of the moment. MR's initial response was probably appropriate since it informed members who are likely to come across these posts. Relaying that information to the Wikipedia is more of a grey area because it does not directly affect readers of the Wikipedia, though people have the right to know about the actions of the company. A lot of the stuff that came afterwards is not appropriate (in my opinion) because some of the comments are unsubstantiated.
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