The value of public trade forums

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Riley Casey

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The free flow of information is the life blood of a great many things from capital D Democracy to small b best trade practices. Even the sort of information in the negative that could be gleaned from a recent discussion of technology among technicians. The fact that this entirely technical discussion apparently was thought to require a legalistic response from a putative contender for my business as a technology user and implementer was of great value to me as a consumer. It's as good to know where I shouldn't invest my money, time & effort as where I should.


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Re: The value of public trade forums

Yep - lots of better responses. If the testing was in error, I'm sure we'd all benefit from a correction. If the product sucks - well, litigation won't fix that.
 
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I have missed something along the way, and I'm more than a bit obtuse.
Can you fill in some blanks for me?
 
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I know what brand of equipment I will NOT buy based on the response of an unhappy manufacturer. Obviously he feels that his product is, in fact, inferior, or he'd submit his data to disprove the contributor's measurements.

Remember when Bose sued Consumer Reports? One of the few suits that Bose did not prevail with... but CU had much deeper pockets than SFN.
 
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Pardon me for asking, and this is really a genuine question.

Can a manufacturer sue a person because a review and actually win anywhere in the world?

Over here you'd have to put in some serious bashing directed at a specific person from within the organisation to achieve anything AFAIK.
Going public with data comparing some pieces of equipment against another would not be considered a legal matter in any way I know of.
 
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Helge Dr. Bentsen said:
Pardon me for asking, and this is really a genuine question.

Can a manufacturer sue a person because a review and actually win anywhere in the world?

Over here you'd have to put in some serious bashing directed at a specific person from within the organisation to achieve anything AFAIK.
Going public with data comparing some pieces of equipment against another would not be considered a legal matter in any way I know of.
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Unfortunately, in the US it is common practice to settle out of court, even if you're in the right, as going to trial is incredibly expensive. In many cases, the cost of "winning" isn't worth it. This is a very unfortunate reality of our system, and tips the scales significantly in favor of folks with deep pockets.
 
Re: The value of public trade forums

Helge Dr. Bentsen said:
Pardon me for asking, and this is really a genuine question.

Can a manufacturer sue a person because a review and actually win anywhere in the world?

Over here you'd have to put in some serious bashing directed at a specific person from within the organisation to achieve anything AFAIK.
Going public with data comparing some pieces of equipment against another would not be considered a legal matter in any way I know of.
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The expression of an opinion (in good faith) is (typically) not the basis for legal liabilty in the USA. Stating incorrect or misleading facts can lead to liabilty. However, in the USA, because each party (generally) pays only its own legal fees and costs, an unsuccessful plaintiff does not have to pay the legal fees of the defendant that wins the case. Hence the cost of winning (by the defendant) may be more expensive than settling the case before going to trial. The "American rule" of legal fees is not necessarily the standard in other nations legal systems. Mark C.
 
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Maybe it's time for a double dog, top secret blacklist of brands to avoid based on their behavior on public forums or for the abusive use of legal threats against forum participants?

So, I missed some of the helical antenna thread but which manufacturers are we currently supporting? I don't need to know the manufacture that we aren't supporting.
 
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Here is what I would like to see. A sticky, "official (their brand name here) thread".
With a copy of the cease and desist letter. And the thread is closed, so as per their request, no comments can be made.
And a note saying, please don't make any other threads or comments about their brand.

That should meet their requirements.
 
Re: The value of public trade forums

Riley Casey said:
The free flow of information is the life blood of a great many things from capital D Democracy to small b best trade practices. Even the sort of information in the negative that could be gleaned from a recent discussion of technology among technicians. The fact that this entirely technical discussion apparently was thought to require a legalistic response from a putative contender for my business as a technology user and implementer was of great value to me as a consumer. It's as good to know where I shouldn't invest my money, time & effort as where I should.


Cease and desist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This Wikipedia link may be more apt, unfortunately.
 
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