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Re: Free Speech, again
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:54:43 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> > > http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/04/23/scotus.free.speech.ap/index.html
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> > Nike is within is rights to run ads to influence public opinion as long as
> > they are not slanderous or libelous. In fact, in this case, NOT doing so is
> > doing its owners a disservice.
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> Note that the cited article doesn't say what exactly the original suit is
> about, exactly. If Nike was lying about conditions in factories, there may
> well be grounds for a libel suit there if you can just find the party libeled.
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> Or a fraudulent advertising suit, for that matter.
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> Free speech does not convey on individuals the right to lie, nor should it
> convey that right to corporations.
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> If Nike was in fact lying about matters of fact, and not just stating
> opinion, their use of free speech as a defense is not good.
As I understand the suit, it was asserting that Nike was lying and thus
the claim of "false advertising". Clearly this is central to the issue.
If they are indeed stating a falsehood and not simply an opinion, then
they should be slammed. If they were truly stating an opinion, then they
should be free to say whatever it is that they said.
Frank
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| (...) But I don't accept that a corporation has an opinion, nor can any executive of that company have a pure opinion regarding the company. Everything, in effect, must be taken as an effort to serve the bottom line, since that's the whole purpose (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Note that the cited article doesn't say what exactly the original suit is about, exactly. If Nike was lying about conditions in factories, there may well be grounds for a libel suit there if you can just find the party libeled. Or a fraudulent (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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