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http://mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=590

Very informative article from Reinhardt!

“The neverflySAA.com decision as well as the Laugh It Off judgment basically rings the death bell for Telkom’s case” says Buys. “The current development of the law seems to favour free speech rights and not traditional trademark rights in most circumstances.”

"On 26 June 2003 the High Court ruled in favour of Touchline Media based on, amongst others, the fact that online free speech would be severely restricted if bulletin board operators had a duty to monitor all postings for potential defamatory content."

I think the mods will agree with this ruling :D
 
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If you don't know what this means Telkom here's a 4 word precis:

Suck it up *****.
 
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"In 2001 a disgruntled SAA passenger registered the domain neverflysaa.com and hosted a website describing his bad experiences during a London to Cape Town flight. The public was also encouraged to post their experiences with SAA to the site. SAA responded by referring a dispute to the National Arbitration Forum in terms of the UDRP domain name arbitration rules. The judgment, widely regarded as a test case for so-called criticism websites, was handed down in May 2002 and held that free speech rights weigh stronger than trademark rights if the website in question is actually used for legitimate criticism."


No way in hell Telkom will win the Hellkom lawsuit!!!
 
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