Flyerpilot: prospects for settlement
Thursday, March 30, 2006 at 20:40 | Posted in Bloggers' rights, Blogosphere, Freedom of speech, Germany | 2 CommentsIt looks like the dispute involving the print house Flyerpilot and the blogger Hessi may soon be settled peacefully. The problerm is not as much with the company as with the utmost incompetent approach to the matter by their counselor.
Jens provided me with fresh information in his post and the comment he was kind enough to add to my previous post. There is also a good coverage of the case in FNB blog and in Robert's Basic Thinking Blog. FNP blog has also received information direct from Flyerpilot whereby it appears that a large part of the case is based on a misunderstanding.
As I wrote in my previous post, the disputed blog post does not have any slandering or offending language. That is also not the problem. The real problem is one of the comments added to the post by a reader. The comment spells out the private address of one of the company managers. The adress has been added without the person's consent. If that sort of information had been added to any comment in my blog, I would have been likely ro either edit or delete the comment.
The company says they have no problem with Hessi's article and they are by all heart supporting the freedom of expression but they do not accept that private information about a member of their staff appears in the web. They are right in so saying.
The question is, why they did not do the obvious and write to Hessi and ask him to remove the sensitive data. He would more than likely have compelled with their request and the whole issue would have been settled before it even became an issue. Instead they chose to use the heavy artillery using thereby legal expertise that is out of this day and age and not up to the task.
If there is anything positive in this case, it would be that it could be settled before it escalated beyond reason. And it once again showed that the blogging community is well alerted. This gives some hope in the future that less cases of intimidation will pass unnoticed.
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More shameless remarks by Larko 
I’m glad the matter is being settled, and that the blogger is allowed to publish freely. Perhaps Moni’s case helped this one get resolved so quickly. But as opposed to figuring out how the internet works, how about figuring out how the world works, and treating people with a bit of respect. If you treat people with a bit of respect, perhaps they won’t be writing such nasty posts about you all the time.
Comment by scottage— Friday, March 31, 2006 #
Scottish, you are right in saying that a better World would result in better Internet coverage. You and me as bloggers do actually write about things and people that we like. Treat me with respect and I post about it. Blogs are a mirror of our World. Companies will eventually realise the potential of blogs as echoing good news about them and start treating people with respect.
Comment by Larko— Friday, March 31, 2006 #