Legal action halted in SA online radio fight

[McT]

Lekker uitgevang!

Ja nee. Beslis so.

Wonder if Scott enjoys the taste of his feet.

He can only do that once he extricates his head from his arse.

lmao

[Paul Hjul]

I think "dropping" legal proceedings is a necessary step to move towards getting a discussion on the future. The real question now is what standards are going to be adopted with regard to monitoring internet radio impact (because it really is impact that is important for advertizing - does the medium deliver value to advertizers). Unfortunately as I am not privy to what the DMMA is doing since there first notice I am not sure whether we are going to see great improvement in the field, it is here - rather than NetDynamics, BallzRadio or Justaplaintwit - where further pressure should be applied.

(Because no Notice of Motion has been delivered or Summons issued, proceedings as such haven't really been instituted only threatened and to the best of my knowledge only to Dewsberry himself - not anybody else who republished or added additional comment)

[rwenzori]

Dewsberry himself

As far as I can make out his name is Dewberry, not Dewsberry, as you seem to spell it in your posts. At least get the bugger's name right.

[griffin watkykjy]

As far as I can make out his name is Dewberry, not Dewsberry, as you seem to spell it in your posts. At least get the bugger's name right.

Maybe he should change his surname to "Newsberry"

[rwenzori]

Maybe he should change his surname to "Newsberry"

LOL! Great article on your site BTW, as ever.

[MickeyD]

Maybe he should change his surname to "Newsberry"

'ello Griff!!!

Briljante artikel op WKJ...

[griffin watkykjy]

'ello Griff!!!

Briljante artikel op WKJ...

Thanks, ek het maar lig gegaan op die ouens. Ek skiem Just Plain Derms gaan sy strandbal vat en ***of in die volgende week of twee...

[ponder]

I interpret that to mean that Grant originally told his lawyer that the listener stats are true and defensible, his lawyer then told him he would defend NetDynamix provided that Grant had just told the truth. They both found out the hard way that telling lies is much like creating a thing that will come back to bite your balls off and run away with them.

I told you so I said the legal firm looked like a joke to me.

[Boris Becker]

Who is this Mr Scott? Darren doesn't deserve any respect whatsoever. He's a first class loser and bully. A true beer fart. So why refer to him as Mr?

[Paul Hjul]

As far as I can make out his name is Dewberry, not Dewsberry, as you seem to spell it in your posts. At least get the bugger's name right.

I also spelt it wrong in the correspondence with the attorneys, although it is probably only fair because between the different threads to this whole thing Net Dynamix name has also become the subject of incorrect spelling.

[Sinbad]

The lawyers got the net dynamix name wrong too.

[zamicro]

NetDynamix’s Grant told MyBroadband today that he was ill advised to follow the legal route to try to resolve this issue, and said that they have terminated any legal action against Dewberry.

Their bluff were called. You win some, you lose some, but sometimes you lose spectacularly like in this case.

[ponder]

Has any apologies been forthcoming from NetDynamix, Darren Scott & Wright, Rose-Innes Inc?

[Paul Hjul]

Has any apologies been forthcoming from NetDynamix, Darren Scott & Wright, Rose-Innes Inc?

WRI (would argue they) merely executed their mandate acting on the instructions of their client to the best of their professional ability in line of the law. Whilst their correspondence was far from friendly there isn't anything which crosses from a fearless service to the clients interests

However I don't believe it would be amiss for any journalist to put to WRI or phatshoanehenney (the loose group they belong to) the question whether attorney's firms do not have some responsibility to recognize the difficult position of independent researchers and journalists, who due to their work become the subject of a corporate entities displeasure and are for this reason recipients of legal threats of various shapes and form. The letter would be less likely to have been sent if Dewberry (name spelt correctly) was a journalist working for Naspers or Avusa.

[entrepr]

NetDynamix CEO Chris Grant said that they will not take legal action against Shaun Dewberry

That goes without saying. If the results are true, then they should surely fear Shaun Dewberry taking action against them.