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Pastimes : Can SI Members Really Manipulate Stocks? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: UDanWright who wrote (76)	7/31/1998 3:40:00 PM
From: ewaggin	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 461

For Barb and anyone Barb - Are you taking the position that freedom of speech and freedom of the press are unlimited? While there is no distinction that I know of as to the forum (Internet, etc.), clearly there are limits on these freedoms. Slander for speech, libel for press. The famous example is yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater. I believe that in both cases it comes down to representing opinion as fact. Thus, you can say "in my opinion, so-and-so is a bastard", but if you say "so-and-so IS a bastard", you'd better be able to back it up. anyone - as James Reiher said, I doubt that the SEC is going to spend much time chasing an individual who (even knowingly) hyped a stock which subsequently crashed. However, if you can demonstrate a pattern of fraudulent behavior for profit, or of a conspiracy to defraud, no doubt the SEC would be much more interested at that point.