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		anthonyb on May 23, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Cody Brown is Wrong - NYTimes vs Scrollkit Not sure what the libel laws are like in the US, but based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_defamation_law It looks like making factually wrong and "injurious" statements counts. Firstly, he has no idea how long it took the NYT to do the original work, and secondly it didn't take him an hour, it took him a year.

mosqutip on May 23, 2013 [–]

There's no way this fits under the definition of libel. His statement doesn't harm NYT in any way.

And since when does posting "factually wrong" information on the web actually matter worth a damn?

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