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Re: OT but important to aquarists



Hello Everyone,

Has anyone thought about contacting the ACLU as a means to fight this silly suit? I was looking on their website under SLAPP suits, and they seem to have a good record of getting suits thrown out that were suits dealing with "defamation, libel, etc." that the plaintiff is claiming. I don't know if they do any pro bono work, but this is right up their alley.

My $0.02 worth.

Bailin Shaw, President
DFW Aquatic Plant Club

From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
To: apisto@listbox.com
Subject: Re: OT but important to aquarists
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:55:45 -0700 (PDT)

On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Mike wrote:

> This really disturbs me. This is exactly what is wrong with America (one
> thing anyway). A frivolous lawsuit against our right of free speech.
> Believe me I am not a bleeding heart liberal. I am essentially a
> conservative, but this really eats at me. By creating a lawsuit like this,
> it's all I need to know about whether or not I would look to do business
> like this. Does anyone have a list of plaintiffs. One or two plaintiffs
> would be a little sensible, but if there are masses, then that is about as
> rediculous as a blood parrot cichlid.


Single plaintiff, Bob Novak d/b/a Petswarehouse.com (not to be confused
with Pet Warehouse in Ohio). Defendents are all hobbyists. You can read
about the suit, including the complaint and the defense fund, on several
web sites now, including mine. http://www.thekrib.com

Please continue to spread this information.  Put it on your personal web
sites, or at least a link to the FishNet clearing house.  Mark Barnett has
put a little banner ad on several of his sites that would work very well.

  - Erik


-- Erik Olson erik at thekrib dot com



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