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Re: True, but...

>everything you say is true. But the person filing the lawsuit needs
>money to do that. In my experience, most reviewers don't have that
>kind of scratch. I would think that a lawsuit with no chance of
>prevailing would be unlikely.

Having been sued a number of times, Wendell, I regret that you are
too innocent. The plaintiff's suit may be without merit, but there
are plenty of lawayers who will file the suit and front the upfront
costs, taking a hefty percentage of any settlement in return. Their
goal is not to _win_ a frivolous lawsuit for their client. Instead,
they gamble that faced with the choice between spending a large 6-
figure sum on a successful defense against the suit or a small
5-figure sum on a with-prejudice settlement, many defendants will
choose the latter as being the better of two bad things.

>My real point is that it serves no purpose to talk of an unnamed
>person from an unnamed magazine stealing or otherwise acting
>unethically. It spreads the suspicion too broadly.

I don't disagree. But I did think it necessary, given the wide
circulation being given this matter, to point out that it did _not_
involve Stereophile or a Stereophile writer.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile


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