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<p>[QUOTE="greyfang, post: 35392, member: 1864"]Since it is his opinion vs. their opinion, I would hope freedom of speech would enter in to the equation, although obviously eBay doesn't have to honor that in a bogus auction. I know of one web site operater <a href="http://www.hardocp.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hardocp.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.hardocp.com</a> who offered a very negative and public opinion about a particular company's product, and when the company attempted to sue him he won and is now recovering his time and legal fees as well, all based on the fact that he offered his opinion and was not making false claims. These things are closely monitored by journalists and others who publish.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, they won't spend hundreds of thousands in legal fees if they don't think they can recover an of the money they "win" in court. And lastly if they did sue somebody over their opinion, it would most likely be a public-relations disaster that would basically advertise any shortcomings their products might have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="greyfang, post: 35392, member: 1864"]Since it is his opinion vs. their opinion, I would hope freedom of speech would enter in to the equation, although obviously eBay doesn't have to honor that in a bogus auction. I know of one web site operater [url]http://www.hardocp.com[/url] who offered a very negative and public opinion about a particular company's product, and when the company attempted to sue him he won and is now recovering his time and legal fees as well, all based on the fact that he offered his opinion and was not making false claims. These things are closely monitored by journalists and others who publish. Also, they won't spend hundreds of thousands in legal fees if they don't think they can recover an of the money they "win" in court. And lastly if they did sue somebody over their opinion, it would most likely be a public-relations disaster that would basically advertise any shortcomings their products might have.[/QUOTE]
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