Re: legal threat in eo wikipedia! / legxa minaco en la eo-Vikipedio

Chuck Smith wrote:

> So, I need legal advice.  Jimbo, should I give
> Kricxjo's name and address to Silfer?  Should I
> temporarily remove the critique from the biography
> until the legal problem is solved?  Please reply
> ASAP... and CC: your reply to my personal address as
> well, msochuck-/E1597aS9LRfmgfxC/sS/w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
It seems to me that giving confidential information to the likes of this 
guy would be a greater sin then the defamation that he seems to allege.  

What is the UEA in Rotterdam, and what relevance do they have to anything?

From Googling around it appears that Giorgio Silfer is a pseudonym for 
Valerio Ari.  What standing would a pseudonym have in an action for 
defamation?

I'm sure that the press deals with this sort of guy all the time.  They 
depend a lot on people backing down to idle threats of a lawsuit.  If 
you remove the offending material, they will see the problem as solved 
and not go ahead with any legal action.  In other words, if you remove 
the critique, the "legal problem" will never be solved.  A lot of 
allegations with absolutely no foundation in fact or law are won this way.  

Until he has filed a formal complaint with some official body, there is 
no "legal problem".  Once he has made his complaint it is up to him to 
prove his case including whether he has standing and whether the 
official body that he has chosen has jurisdiction over the alleged 
offenders.  The burden of proof is entirely on him.

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