Bullying tactics, threats of libel - any legal/journo minds here?

[DaGaffer]

In his rantings and ravings, the editor claims a readership of 424'000. A little digging (on their own website no less) reveals a publishing run of 80'000 a month. Perhaps he makes estimates for how many copies end up in toilets & waiting rooms and get flicked through by more than one person.

That's normal. National Readership Survey (NRS) is a mechanism for understanding how many people read (rather than buy) a publication and you often end up with that kind of multiple. Still sound like a bunch of asshats though...

 

[Arnie 2Tone]

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with GoreZone editor Bryn Hammond | Screenjabber

The editor speak out! (of his arse)

Apparently Roger Ebert has taken an interest in the case! I think someone is seriously delusional...

He's outright denying the claim that it was an IP address registered to his magazine that was spamming the post though. Does anyone know how to prove that he's lying? It would amuse me greatly!

 

[rynnor]

This ones more encouraging : Horror Blogger Threatened With Defamation And Copyright Lawsuits After Writing An Open Letter To Horror Magazine | Techdirt

 

[Arnie 2Tone]

There's at least a couple more defending the post that I know of:

Chuck Norris Ate My Baby: FreeDUMB of Speech?

Zombos' Closet of Horror

I think anyone with an ounce of intelligence knows who's telling the truth and who's talking shit.

"They even got it in reverse order."

What does that even mean? He's got no idea what a reverse DNS lookup is but is talking about it anyway...

 

[rynnor]

It would be hilarious if it wasnt so sad - talk about fragile ego's or what - lol!

 

[Damini]

What did Ebert say?

 

[Arnie 2Tone]

What did Ebert say?

Absolutely nothing I imagine. It's the paranoid ramblings of a madman. I'm quite sure that if Ebert had actually mentioned the whole affair anywhere that the blog would have attracted significantly more traffic than it has.

 

[Arnie 2Tone]

I stand corrected. He mentioned it briefly on his twitter. I don't use twitter, but I have it on good authority. I hope Brynn is suitably nervous about what an ass-hat he's painted himself as. Denying that it was him who posted in the first place is pretty desperate.

 

[Shagrat]

god, I've just read through all this, what a car crash.

 

[Damini]

I stand corrected. He mentioned it briefly on his twitter. I don't use twitter, but I have it on good authority. I hope Brynn is suitably nervous about what an ass-hat he's painted himself as. Denying that it was him who posted in the first place is pretty desperate.

Oh yes. He wrote this following character assassination - (HE'LL GET WHATS COMING TO HIM!!!)

Horror blogger writes letter to horror mag, gets his ass sued. Horror Blogger Threatened With Defamation And Copyright Lawsuits After Writing An Open Letter To Horror Magazine | Techdirt

M e n t a l.

 

[Damini]

This ones more encouraging : Horror Blogger Threatened With Defamation And Copyright Lawsuits After Writing An Open Letter To Horror Magazine | Techdirt

And a retort to it on their forums. Its actually a bit sad now - I genuinely think the guy is losing it.

 

[Damini]

Actually, its funny again. The fake Jamie on their forums, designed to stir up animosity and stoke the flames of their publicity war, had this to say:

GoreZone will sink. Its main problem is you assume that all horror fans want to see bikinied up girls flaunting it around.
Sexiest pigs.

I think I might love the phrase "sexiest pigs". I think its going to be my go-to insult.

 

[old.Tohtori]

I think I might love the phrase "sexiest pigs". I think its going to be my go-to insult.

We should sue, we all know that FH has the sexiest pigs around

 

[TdC]

our pigs > their pigs!!!


TO WAR!!!!