Got this a few moments ago from Moviecom....
I post this because I think it reflects the 'mettle' of who we're dealing with here. Rather than come out in public and defend their corner the first move is to start throwing 'round intimidatory language about lawyers...
Now WHERE have we heard THAT one before!
Quote:
From: gillian@moviecom.tv
To: admin@tfgtv.com
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:36 AM
Subject: Scottish Business Forum.co.uk
Hi Matt,
It has been brought to my attention various posts you have made on the Scottish Business Forum.co.uk website regarding Moviecom.tv
The comments you have made are potentially libelous. In the meantime you should consider carefully about making further derogatory and factually incorrect comments. We will be speaking with our Lawyers on Monday.
Regards
Gillian O'Neil
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Your 'Lawyers', Gillian can expect an Arkell Vs Pressdram type response from me. And let me be VERY clear that I am as unitimidated by your threats of legal action as I was by the thug who 'phoned me up and threatend me and my family...
As you, I'm sure, very well know there is precisely
nothing I have written here that is, as you claim, "factually incorrect" ... If the facts shine an unfavourable light on Moviecom then that is not of my doing and it is up to you to defend yourself....
FACTS....
1) Moviecom were involved in and played a major role in "The Hirer" project...
2) The film associated with that project was in my professional opinion technically incompetent in terms of lighting and camerawork and was criticised as such. There were major technical gaffes of a level that would cause a 1st year TV student to fail to meet examination level criteria...
I'm happy to justify that criticism and lend both professional weight and standing to it!
3) Threats of violence were issued to both myself and Barry as the direct result of that thread being published and that perfectly valid criticism being made
4) No-one associated with that project sought to distance themselves or the project from those threats.
5) We have good reason to believe that the thread in question
was being monitored at the time by senior members of the project team. It has merely been highlighted that, at no time, did anyone associated with "The Hirer" project seek to distance themselves or the project from those threats...
Kindly highlight Gillian what is "factually incorrect" here...
You have an open platform and I feel sure the forum owners would encourage you to be as full and frank and vigourous in defending your position as you see fit...
Or are legal threats the preferred style. As you know, a libel action would be somewhere north of £15K-£25K to get moving... And there is nothing in my writing that couldn't be met with a defence of
Veritas...