I do appreciate that but as a point of interest how does quoting what others are saying on other forums put me, or this site, at risk? It is recorded as a quote in quotation marks.
To be fair i hadn't noticed you were quoting another site, (the link to the thread doesn't work for me BTW), despite that you still need to be careful when posting stuff like that. Just because it's been published on another site doesn't mean it's ok to post it verbatim here, because you may be repeating a libel.
Also, under uk libel law you could say something that was actually true, and it can still count as defamation. Say you sold goods to someone and they paid you with a rubber cheque, so you publish their name on a public forum used by other people who deal with them to name and shame them.
Now no one will deal with them because they think they are bad payers, (probably correctly), they could however claim defamation because what you said, even though correct, damaged their business. the same could apply to saying you've had a bad experience with a company, been sold duff goods, ripped off etc. it's a bit of a grey area.
I'm not saying that's right, it's just how it is, and like Storm I'm not having a go, just pointing out that you need to be careful in what you say, best to stick to your own experience that you know to be correct, not repeat hearsay from others.
That said, it looks like this guy would be busier than Ryan Giggs if he decided to sue everyone having a pop at him on the internet, so i wouldn't lose too much sleep over it.
