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  • Generally, a "SLAPP" is a (1) civil complaint or counterclaim; (2) filed against individuals or organizations; (3) arising from their communications to government or speech on an issue of public interest or concern. SLAPPs are often brought by corporations, real estate developers, government officials and others against individuals and community groups who oppose them on issues of public concern. SLAPP filers frequently use lawsuits based on ordinary civil claims such as defamation, conspiracy, malicious prosecution, nuisance, interference with contract and/or economic advantage, as a means of transforming public debate into lawsuits. Most SLAPPs are ultimately legally unsuccessful. While most SLAPPs lose in court, they "succeed" in the public arena. This is because defending a SLAPP, even when the legal defense is strong, requires a substantial investment of money, time, and resources. The resulting effect is a "chill" on public participation in, and open debate on, important public issues. This "chilling" effect is not limited to the SLAPP target(s): fearful of being the target of future litigation, others refrain from speaking on, or participating in, issues of public concern.
  • Anti-SLAPP Resource Center
  • California Anti-SLAPP Project

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« Reply To John Steinmetz's Bad Faith Additional Demands | HomePage | John Steinmetz's Repitition of His Bad Faith Demands »

11/05/2005

John Steinmetz's Bad Faith Additional Demands

In reply to my first response to Steinmetz's accusation of defamation. This message was timestamped Nov 4, 2005 9:40 AM:

Greetings Dan,

Thanks for the quick reply, and updating your blog topic. However, the headline [Nation Master is a Scam (Avoid Nationmaster)] is still there, and I've just discovered you also have these blog posts too:

http://tdaxp.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/05/12/nationmast...

http://tdaxp.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/04/09/viswa_priy...

We have no supporter section and Viswa Priya no longer works with us. We would appreciate it if you took down all of these url's and I'll get Luke to return all of your money back straight away. We're just a bunch of stat geeks trying to make a cool site - hope you understand.

Kind Regards,

John Steinmetz

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