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**remstaling** · 12-09-2011, 02:20 PM

Ouch. Bad, bad precedent.

Judge hits blogger with $US2.5 million charge for not being a journalist

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In a case that’s sending a frightening message to the blogger community, a US District Court judge ruled that a blogger must pay $US2.5 million ($2.45m) to an investment firm she wrote about — because she isn’t a real journalist. Full story @ link above.

Here is the blog post the douche judge focused on:

Kevin Padrick of Obsidian Finance Group LLC - Chapter 11 Trustee Summit 1031 Exchange Bankruptcy

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remstaling Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 442 Senior Member	Judge hits blogger with $US2.5 million charge for not being a journalist Ouch. Bad, bad precedent. Judge hits blogger with $US2.5 million charge for not being a journalist intro In a case that’s sending a frightening message to the blogger community, a US District Court judge ruled that a blogger must pay $US2.5 million ($2.45m) to an investment firm she wrote about — because she isn’t a real journalist. Full story @ link above. Here is the blog post the douche judge focused on: Kevin Padrick of Obsidian Finance Group LLC - Chapter 11 Trustee Summit 1031 Exchange Bankruptcy Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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