what your're saying is right NorthYork but what's the filter for this course? who decides what all things deserve a warning and others dont? i mean with so many members in here, everyone has their own yardstick....lets see some people would criticize you for the warning and some would thank you for it. but what would be the base of it all....and how many blacklists 
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No we do not allow any defamation/blacklisting of any provider - it has created legal problems in the past and we just want to stay away from that.
And remember, if anyone sues, he does not sue the member who is writing, but the owner and managers of this site!
Chandresh
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Chandresh
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Location: British Columbia
Posted on: 17-01-06 15:50:02
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Orginally posted by NorthYorkDesi
"Can you legally do this? Can a vendor who may frequent this site as a member or guest sue for Defamation and Libel?"
There is nothing illegal about that..Canada still supports free speech. Defamation and libel only occur when the statement made is false.
"I think that could possibly make the tone of this site more negative and I for one would like to avoid this"
I disagree. Voicing opinions does not make a site negative. We already have many posts which complain about various issues. What we lack is a means of WARNING others to avoid the pitfalls that we experienced. Example: The newcomer to Canada rents an apartment which he later finds to be poorly maintained and in a bad neighborhood. Now he is locked into a 1 year lease. Won't he appreciate us for warning him before he signs the lease? Will warning others about the apartment make the site more negative? Think about it...
Legal definitions of Defamation and Libel :
Defamation is written or spoken injury to a person or organization's reputation
Libel is the written act of Defamation. Slander is oral act of defamation.
Whether Canada has free speech or not, it is all based on Interpretation.
Copied from a website about Defamation:
Generally, a statement made about an undefinable group of people or organizations cannot be defamation. Take, "Real estate agents are crooks." It's defamatory enough, but there is no identifiable victim.
"Most of the agents at Smith Real Estate Company are crooks" is getting dicier, but it is still hard to define the victim.
"Smith Real Estate Company is a crooked company." Wham! You have a victim: Smith Real Estate Company.
Secondly, I agree that voicing opinions does not makea site more negative. I dont want to argue or dispute your thoughts. I just wanted to point out that rather than listing bad/poor services, why not continue threads in the forms of questions where one can request or offer solutions support and alternatives?
what do you think?
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have a heart guys, we dont want people who've made this site to be in trouble!!
and its been going quite well communicating through threads and offering solutions etc, instead of naming something and creating an issue we could always warn fellow cds about the information at hand and let it through PMs or threads... i mean there can be subtle ways to "warn". n thanx rain for info on defamation 
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Orginally posted by NorthYorkDesi
If any of you has a bad experience with a vendor or service provider PLEASE spare a minute or two to post the details on this forum. This will help other CDs avoid that particular vendor.
Message to moderators: Can we create a new category 'Blacklist' so that these messages can be categorized?
Besides the litigation risk, the other reason we can't is there is no way for us to actually verify whether the complaints are legit or not. This basically then becomes a means for people to vent against companies that they're not happy with, regardless of whether that frustration is justified or not. There is a lot of risk of abuse.
So people are allowed to post generic complaints without specific names and if someone is interested, they can communicate over email or PM with the poster to find out names. That HAS to happen at a personal level though.
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