"Infinium Labs ready to haul HardOCP into court"
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If these phantasm guys actually DO this, they're going to KILLED on like, the entire internet. Or at least the part of it hardware geeks read. Not a smart move...
(I foresee a new Penny Arcade strip being done about this Real Soon Now.
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(I foresee a new Penny Arcade strip being done about this Real Soon Now.
)Joe DeFuria
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Um...so far they requested [H] to take down the article, otherwise they'll file a suit.
Sounds perfectly acceptable to me.
Sounds perfectly acceptable to me.
jvd said:
Out of line how?
All the info about the CEO is a matter of public records and can be easily identified, as should the stuff about the empty office address be, besides, there will be neighbors who can verify wether any activity actually took place there or not.
Uh, say what? Where in the articles of free speech does it say you can't mention a CEO's past failures in an article about a console COMPANY? It wasn't actually an article about the console (as hardly anything concrete is known about it other than it will be PC-based and apparantly lack an optical drive), but about Infinum Labs and the viability about said company and its (so far vaporware) product.
I didn't see anything I considered below the belt, defamatory etc. If there had been, there would have been a reaction much sooner, not NOW, months and months later.
It wasn't actually an article about the console (as hardly anything concrete is known about it other than it will be PC-based and apparantly lack an optical drive), but about Infinum Labs and the viability about said company and its (so far vaporware) product.I didn't see anything I considered below the belt, defamatory etc. If there had been, there would have been a reaction much sooner, not NOW, months and months later.
welp I see it and so does the company . Hardocp may be big with us and well known doesn't mean people that run busniesses know about it .Guden Oden said:Uh, say what? Where in the articles of free speech does it say you can't mention a CEO's past failures in an article about a console COMPANY?
I didn't see anything I considered below the belt, defamatory etc. If there had been, there would have been a reaction much sooner, not NOW, months and months later.
jvd said:
Of course the "company" does because it paints them in a bad light. Does the track record of the CEO not matter? If the "facts" pointed out in the HardOCP editorial/expose are true, then what wrong was committed?
Dispersions? How the heck does the meaning of that word fit into the context of what Bachus is trying to say. Did he mean ASpersions? He's the president of that company? Oy vey.
Joe DeFuria
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Ty said:
Well, that's quite the assumption there...if they are true or not. Infinium claims some things are "false" or "misinformation." If they go ahead with some legal action, I guess we'll find out what they are.
Given the circumstances it is not a huge assumption, on the one hand we have an article full of falsifieable evidence ... on the other a press conference and letters from lawyers with nothing but a "we will see you in court" message.
If they cared about the impact of the article they should have set the record straight, if there is nothing to set straight .... well
If they cared about the impact of the article they should have set the record straight, if there is nothing to set straight .... well
heh, after actually skimming through the article I can only find admiration for Kyles stance. (an unusual position for me to support.) Personally I am impressed that [H] did not cave in on threats of litigation. Kyle deserves some credit on this IMO for "sticking to his guns". Admirable indeed.. Kudos to [H].
EDIT: Maybe the heading of this thread ought to read "Infinium Labs is a mail-box?". Sorry couldn't resist.
EDIT: Maybe the heading of this thread ought to read "Infinium Labs is a mail-box?". Sorry couldn't resist.
Gosh.... They should try British press... These guys would have put the ceo's sexual habits in the article and THEN it would have gotten nasty
Wow. Kyle's in the right--completely.
Some are making the case that Infinium has far more to lose than gain by digging this story out of the rubble.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?section_name=new&aid=3002
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?section_name=new&aid=3002
The legal strategy indeed seems to be backfiring - they've lit the fuse of the online press and now they've got a snowball effect on their hands.
http://www.newsforge.com/entertainment/04/02/20/1249241.shtml
http://www.newsforge.com/entertainment/04/02/20/1249241.shtml
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