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Think With Your Head2015-08-13 03:19:57

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Think With Your Head, 2015-08-13 03:19:57

Service reviews about organizations - can they sue?

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Having developed a review service about organizations, can the owner be sued for any reason?
All reviews will be written by users.

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ruplace, 2015-08-13
@ruplace

In theory, no - in practice, we manage to squeeze even (!) Reputable newspapers for quoting.
But I wouldn’t be particularly scared: it depends on the influence of the resource and your resilience + willingness to make problems public

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D', 2015-08-13
@Denormalization

With the "new" libel law, they can.

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other_letter, 2015-08-13
@other_letter

No, they can't.
Sue - definitely can not. Hire a practicing lawyer (freelancer) to outline the standard response to angry tirades. The rest is bullshit.
All these competent offers for the judge are the same as "a notarized screenshot".
Yes, at least register a site in Cyprus and don’t worry at all. You will get into the "registry" only if you inflict a strong personal pain on someone, which is unlikely.
Another question - what the heck? There are a lot of such services in Runet, obviously the leader among them has not been and is not.

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Sergey, 2015-08-13
@edinorog

may

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Gesix, 2015-08-13
@Gesix

can not, if the offer is written correctly. after all, the service itself is only an aggregator, and users write reviews. At least no one could sue 2GIS with their Flamp

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Mikhail Lyalin, 2015-08-13
@mr_jok

they can lead to blocking, but a competent version of the contract and a spammer filter help

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Valentine, 2015-08-13
@gephaest

You take hosting in Europe, register a domain for Abdul Ivanovich and that's it, you are not afraid of any courts.

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Andrew, 2015-08-20
@Andriy_pa_ko

already argued.
Will you use their brands (trademarks) in your work? most likely yes - this is the most vulnerable spot

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@codingal, 2015-08-25
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Since there is practically no case law in the CIS, they can naturally file a lawsuit, but the results are unpredictable - they can depend on the whim of the judge, etc.
In order to protect yourself to the maximum, it is worthwhile to draw up a public offer with a lawyer, which users will accept before publication, as well as moderate reviews.
You will have to conduct a dialogue with companies and it will be easier to remove the review than to run through the courts because of each unscrupulous office.