ManWhoJaped
Keeper of the Watch
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About IPs, at least for me, at this point it's obvious that he's either lying for drama (and not respecting his rules at all)
I think this is the case. RPGs seem to be secondary to the site nowadays.
If you look into Australia's law and stance on free speech, he could actually face legal troubles for what goes on in the codex and especially GD.
Commonwealth law in general is not big on free speech, but executing a case like that is difficult if you don't have lots of money.
In this case it's defamation per se, and it really is open and shut. There is even proof of malice. This is not necessary to prove mere defamation but it makes it a much easier case to prosecute and could even allow someone to press more serious charges if they were a real jerk.
Under Australian law I could also charge him with defamation in the US and he will still be accountable since it is published online which is visible everywhere. Overall Australia is the very worst place to be if you want to do this kind of crap. Since I know the way around the law I could do all this myself - first demand a retraction (as a formality) then make a claim against him which he has to respond to, then a subpoena and court date (in the USA) which he will have to attend.
That is really how easy it is. And it is not like a pointless cease and desist letter, it's very serious, and leads to real debt which would either become a lean on his house if he has one or will be sold off to the most unscrupulous debt collector I can find.
Seeing all this crap again though I just feel it's laughable. I have worried that I have these two clowns working hard to character assassinate me, and it would make my kickstarter suffer but I really think they are transparent to anyone who bothers to read for two seconds.
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