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To: V$gas.Com who wrote (27088)	4/30/1999 8:46:00 AM
From: MskiHntr	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 44908

Interesting article from a post on RB. EDIT: The entire article is a must read; link is at bottom of this page. "By: Chuckwalla Reply To: None Friday, 30 Apr 1999 at 8:40 AM EDT Post # of 8516 Great article on cyber smear posted by well done on the OT board. TSIG is a victim for sure,here are some excerpts and a link to the article. Dealing With the 'Cyber-smear' False statements on the Internet send companies -- and their stock prices -- reeling By Blake A. Bell New York Law Journal Posted: April 23, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The corporate "cyber-smear" — in which a false and disparaging rumor about a company, its management or its stock is posted to the Internet — is a problem that is out of control and is likely to get worse. Beginning about six months ago, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission began receiving one or two calls a day from victims of corporate cyber-smears seeking help. Since June 1998, American companies fighting such cyber-smears reportedly have been filing one or two lawsuits a week in Santa Clara County, Calif., the home of Yahoo! Inc., one of the Web's most heavily trafficked “portals” (sites that offer a host of services, such as search engines, news reports and e-mail, and serve as a jumping-off point to other places on the Web). The suits typically list unnamed “John Does” as defendants and are intended to use the court's powers to help identify and pursue claims against persons who have posted false and disparaging gossip about the companies on Yahoo! message boards. Recently, companies have begun to fight back. More than a few have filed lawsuits seeking to identify the perpetrators and to hold them accountable for their actions. link to the entire article lawnewsnetwork.com Bashers beware-There is recourse"