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To: Tunica Albuginea who wrote (2147)	8/2/2000 3:46:51 PM
From: Softechie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4155

Wow I didn't know Pinky have that low life standard posting on Yahoo message board.

To: Tunica Albuginea who wrote (2147)	8/2/2000 4:39:22 PM
From: donjuan_demarco	Respond to of 4155

Brother Tunica, I fear for your financial health! With most of your account invested in CNC, and with the stock plummeting, it may be wise to cut your losses.

To: Tunica Albuginea who wrote (2147)	8/2/2000 5:02:59 PM
From: Tunica Albuginea	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4155

Yahoo Postings Prompt More Lawsuits Friday July 14, 9:15 am Eastern Time TheStandard.com Yahoo Postings Prompt More Lawsuits biz.yahoo.com By Elinor Abreu Credit Suisse First Boston and Informix are the latest companies to file lawsuits against anonymous posters to finance-related message boards on Yahoo. Such message boards are proving to be a hotbed of legal activity, with companies accusing posters of making defamatory statements, sharing confidential information and spreading misinformation to prompt stock sales for their own benefit. In both of the lawsuits, Yahoo is being asked to reveal the names of the anonymous posters. The company used to make little or no attempt to notify posters before identifying them, but Yahoo changed its policy in April so that it now gives users 15 days notice before revealing their personal information under subpoena. Yahoo does not comment on lawsuits or subpoenas, according to spokeswoman Shannon Stubbo. The Credit Suisse First Boston lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in New York asks for $1 million from a group of posters who allegedly libeled and defamed the firm by making numerous derogatory comments about a CSFB analyst. CSFB declined to comment on the lawsuit. Informix's lawsuit, filed June 30 in Superior Court in San Mateo, Calif., requests unspecified damages and states that its employee-confidentiality agreement had been breached. The lawsuit also charges that a poster leaked inside information by stating that Informix's fiscal report would be weaker than expected, several days before the company warned that its earnings would not meet analysts' expectations. "We do not know who the poster is," says Daniel Bergeson, who is representing Informix in the matter. "Nor do we know if there has been a breach in the proprietary rights agreement." Privacy rights activists argue that many such lawsuits are being abused by companies trying to squelch legal free expression by intimidating those who make negative comments about the companies online. Many of the lawsuits are, in fact, dropped after the identities of the posters are revealed, and the employees are subsequently fired. Last year, for example, Raytheon sued 21 John Does who posted on Yahoo but dropped the lawsuit after they were identified. They included Raytheon employees, four of whom were then let go. Visit www.thestandard.com for The Industry Standard's full coverage, news, and analysis. Get four free issues of The Industry Standard.

To: Tunica Albuginea who wrote (2147)	8/7/2000 3:26:57 PM
From: Mr. Pink	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 4155

Tunica, you are obviously a moron. Do you suffer from the same sort of dementia that Irwin Jacobs was rumored to be suffering from (note: there was never any confirmation of those rumors and He prays that they are not true.) Dementia is a terrible and debilitating disease that affects the brain and its power to think reasonably. It might lead to such irrational behavior as taking out half page ads in business publications promulgating market manipulation, a possible violation of Section 9 of the Securities Act of 1934. Or do you suffer from the type of dementia that makes people believe that they live in China where there is no protection of free speach and people can be imprisoned for speaking their mind? You live in the United States of America, arguably the greatest country on earth where one is free to speek his or His mind, even critically so long as what you say is either opinion, fact or parody. Mr. P$nk

To: Tunica Albuginea who wrote (2147)	8/7/2000 4:22:36 PM
From: Peter V	Respond to of 4155

<<So that the courts will take appropriate notice and action.>> Courts don't take any action without attorneys asking them to do so. So until you get an action filed, nobody can file a subpoena, and your talk about them is all hot air. Litigation is the sport of kings, and I doubt that you wear a crown.

To: Tunica Albuginea who wrote (2147)	8/7/2000 5:07:19 PM
From: RockyBalboa	Respond to of 4155

Well... ...in my crystal ball ,, I see a country with many districts or something ... ,, led by a charismatic "Fuhrer" ... in which no amendments exist (like in the present United States)... "...and where no robin hood " helps the poor the weak and the little...,, and where the high finance carries on pulling off their highlevel scums, parting small people and their monies... but, they won't succeed in the end, because money which belonged to the people, which they lost over the years won't be and can't be spent on consumer goods & and services...,, and the whole thingie we called "economy" (old & new) goes down...