its been done before.Intertainment sues Stockhouse poster "Nub92"
2012-03-30 14:31 ET - Street Wire
by Mike Caswell
Intertainment Media Inc. has filed a defamation case against Stockhouse poster "Nub92" over on-line statements about the company. The suit, filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia on Tuesday, March 27, complains about a post that accused the company of owning no patents for its Ortsbo product and of using investors "as atm." The company seeks a permanent injunction barring future defamatory postings, as well as damages for libel.
The suit comes just two weeks after Intertainment launched a similar case against three other posters, "MaydayMalone," "f3drivr" and "CESpumper." The company complained about posts that called it a "pure scam" and referred to its management as criminals. Intertainment has not yet identified those three posters, and they have not responded to the case.
The current suit is contained in a notice of claim that Intertainment filed at the Vancouver courthouse against a John Doe who posts under the user name "Nub92." On March 13, 2012, he wrote a message in broken English that stated: "Ortsobo owns no patents... Ortsobo built of google translater... Ortsobo use investor as atm... Ortsobo use classic celebrity pumpin... Ortsobo BLANTANTLY manipulate user numbers with 3rd party... Ortsobo ponzi BUT ITS VANCOUVER SO ILL JUST HAVE FUN SHORTING THIS INTO OBLIVION HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH."
Intertainment complains that the post would be understood by readers to mean that management had defrauded investors and had falsified user numbers for Ortsbo. Readers would also have understood that the Ortsbo product (which the company touts as a translator) is identical to or built on Google's translation platform.
According to the claim many people have viewed the post, as the Intertainment forum typically receives more readers in a day than all other Stockhouse forums. In the seven days prior to the post there were 2,358 messages posted in the Intertainment forum, with 483,627 "reads." The readers would have included residents of B.C.
The suit seeks damages for libel, a permanent injunction, punitive damages, interest and court costs. Vancouver lawyer Brent MacLean of Davis LLP filed the case on the company's behalf.
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