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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1087153, member: 112&quot;]Info is correct. The suit did involve comments made on rcc, they were about ACG (Accugrade), and Peter the owner of this site was one of those who was sued. So were several other personal friends of mine who were never even named outside of the suit papers. The reason I know they were sued is because I helped pay the lawyer fees for them ! So yes, the lawyers were the only ones who won anything.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can ask Peter if you like, but part of the reason that this coin forum was created was so people could speak the truth, speak their minds within reason and the forum rules, and do so without worry that their comments would just be deleted out of hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now does that mean you just go around posting whatever you want ? Absolutely not. We have rules here and as you all know those rules are enforced. But they are enforced fairly and equally for everybody. Including moderators. And you can ask Peter about that too because I have even edited some of his comments and he owns the place !</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, Coin Talk has been threatened with law suits because of comments made here quite a few times. To my knowledge nothing has ever come of it but Peter is the only one who can say that definitively. </p><p><br /></p><p>But the scary thing is this - with lawsuits it doesn&#039;t matter if win or lose in court. The only thing that matters is that the suit is filed, once it is filed it cost all parties involved a small fortune in lawyer fees. 99% of them never go to court anyway. But even if they do go to court, and even if you win, you still have to pay the legal fees so you lose !</p><p><br /></p><p>Now those who have been members here for many years can tell you there have been many discussions that some folks might lead to a suit. If I or Peter thought they were out of line or that they presented a possible danger to Coin Talk then those threads are stopped and sometimes deleted, and it is done pronto. But that would be a pretty rare occurrence. I can think of maybe 2 in eight years.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if you want express your opinions about a grading company, keep it with the forum rules and express away. I do it pretty much every day, and nobody&#039;s ever sued me for it. At least not yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>But probably the best guidance I can give you is this - use your common sense. If you have something to say and you think there&nbsp; might be a chance you or Coin Talk could get sued - then don&#039;t say it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not a lawyer and I can&#039;t tell you what you can say and what you can&#039;t say - other than what the forum rules say. Break those rules and what you said is toast anyway. </p><p><br /></p><p>Other than that, if Peter or I think what you have to say puts the forum in possible danger, then yeah that&#039;s toast too. But it&#039;s gonna be something pretty extreme before it ever comes to that. We will use our judgement it&#039;s done Ok for us since day one. You use yours <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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