More Legal Threats, This Time from Switch Media

Legal Threat from Switch Media. Please do not refer to them again here. Ever. - boards.ie

Now we have been threatened with legal action from Chris Evans at Switch Media and their solicitors Beauchamps. This was pretty annoying, the shoot first (with a solicitor's letter), tell us to sort the problem afterwards policy really doesn't work people. I'm talking to the clients in this case, not the solicitors (they just did what they were told to I guess).

To paraphrase (again), this letter asked that a "misleading, false and defamatory thread be removed immediately". If that wasn't done by today, there were some threats of instituting legal proceedings. It then mentioned the client's goodwill in Ireland, and that they would seek all current and future legal costs from us in addition to damages and an account of profits (ours or theirs?!).

Even if such a case were pursued (and I don't think it would be valid, since a poster's opinions are their own [see previous Irish Psychics Live post]), it would only damage the overall boards.ie community (on the comments of one poster) and also the claimant's reputation.

Just ask us to remove dodgy content or defamatory material, and we'll do it. Send us a solicitor's letter and we will still do our best to remove problematic posts, but you will also get the extra negative PR associated with any bully tactics.

I'm glad that Switch Media now consider the case closed. I hope others thinking of sending solicitor's letters will hear my plea.