"bassett" wrote...

So if I write "Fred's Doe's Fish Shop" on the net, every Fred who owns a
fish shop, be it tropical of fried can sue me...Don,t think so..

Have you any idea just how complex it is to sue someone for slander on the
internet.
Firstly you have to locate the ISP posting the "slander", world wide, then
you will need to serve papers on every ISP that carried the slander, at
exactly the same time, world wide. It's not just a matter of
suing the writer, as the writer can't commit slander without someone
conveying the slander..

But lets say that, "Fred" does all the above and more, and after 12 months
work and a considerable amount of money, It finally gets to court, Fred
then has to prove that , what was written was in fact slander, Did he in
fact have dead fish in a tank, was his management
crap, etc,etc. Some how I don't think it;s going to happen, Do you.
Perhaps you could quote some cases where someone has sued for slander via
the internet.

bored with your fish?