MCD vs Boards.ie

best oxegen ever, i reckon!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2054975678

Boards, MCD and legal action.
As of Friday, 11th August 2006, MCD Productions have entered into legal proceedings against boards.ie Ltd.

At this time we cannot make, or allow, comment on an ongoing legal action against Boards.ie. Please understand and accept that we cannot enter into public debate or discussion about it.

Please dont start new threads about the topic or they will be closed and deleted. We will keep you as informed as our lawyers instruct us is safe to do. Trust us, we've never let you down to date and you know us long enough to know we wont start now. I wish I could say more (you know I do!) but I cant.

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Originally Posted by Pilchard

Please dont start new threads about the topic

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Let's go over to boards and start some new threads about the topic.

Absolutely amazing. It's as if MCD are trying to kill themselves off.

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Originally Posted by lurlow

Let's go over to boards and start some new threads about the topic.

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my thoughts exactly, pete watch yourself!!!

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It's as if MCD are trying to kill themselves off.

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Chance would be a fine thing!

Krossie

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Originally Posted by lurlow

Let's go over to boards and start some new threads about the topic.

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that would be an incredibly stupid thing to do.

all joking aside, things have just gotten very serious. this is way bigger than boards.ie

oh I can't wait to get banned again from boards.ie

I hope they all die in some unprecedented explosion of wigs and fire.

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Originally Posted by pete

that would be an incredibly stupid thing to do.

all joking aside, things have just gotten very serious. this is way bigger than boards.ie

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Very true. Any action taken against boards can be taken against thumped, and considering some of the things said here, it could be much much worse.

sunday times wrote about this yesterday in the main section

also a piece on mcd trying to buy more venues in u.k. in the business section of the same paper

can someone explain why mcd are suing boards?

Because people posted on boards about their experiences at Oxygen this year, which MCD see as slander/libel/defamation of brand, whatever, so they're suing them.

that's what you get when you have mods whose signatures read "have drill; will mod."

how gay.

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Originally Posted by RSJ

Because people posted on boards about their experiences at Oxygen this year, which MCD see as slander/libel/defamation of brand, whatever, so they're suing them.

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surely their defence is that these were their personal experiences and are proveable - burning tents with live humans inside etc.

pretty ubsurd to sue for that. boycott anyone?

MCD are a bunch of pricks. how can you sue for libel when people were merely discussing the shit that actually in real-life went down?

'sake.

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Originally Posted by La La

MCD are a bunch of pricks. how can you sue for libel when people were merely discussing the shit that actually in real-life went down?

'sake.

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BRING ON THE SUIT!

(i'm actually consulting my 'Essential Law for Journalists' book right now. will get back to you on this.)

They are suing because the comments included remarks about the standard and number of security. It was alleged that there were neither sufficient numbers of guards and that they were either corrupt and/or incompetent. MCD believe that these allegation constitute slander. From a business point of view the law suits make sense. From an ethical point of view they are nothing short of embarassing.

apparently it's also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purpose of gambling.

found a funny story in this book about two dublin laywers who sued the sunday world becuse it wrote a story about them fighting over a chocolate eclair. the lawyers won.


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make a point la la, make a point.

yes my point.

these days people can sue for almost anything. as long a something appears in the public domain in print, whether it be on paper or on the internerd, if it sways the "right thinking public" into believeing certain things, you can slap a defamatory suit on it and [in some cases] laugh all the way to the bank.

the law is so nerdy.

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Originally Posted by La La

found a funny story in this book about two dublin laywers who sued the sunday world becuse it wrote a story about them fighting over a chocolate eclair. the lawyers won.


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make a point la la, make a point.

yes my point.

these days people can sue for almost anything. as long a something appears in the public domain in print, whether it be on paper or on the internerd, if it sways the "right thinking public" into believeing certain things, you can slap a defamatory suit on it and [in some cases] laugh all the way to the bank.

the law is so nerdy.

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seems MCD are pretty sensitive. they might well sue you for calling them a bunch of pricks. can't really sue me for hoping they all die, but if they do all die I may be in a spot of trouble.

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Originally Posted by avernus

seems MCD are pretty sensitive. they might well sue you for calling them a bunch of pricks. .

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MCD vs La La.
if it transpires, will you guys vote for me and make banners and costumes and pretty things like that?
watch this space.

(and sure if I hadnt called them a bunch of pricks, niggeltybits would've anywho) ;)

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Originally Posted by pete

that would be an incredibly stupid thing to do.

all joking aside, things have just gotten very serious. this is way bigger than boards.ie

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Just to clarify, I'm not actually going to do that.



or am i?



no, i'm not

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Originally Posted by La La

MCD vs La La.
if it transpires, will you guys vote for me and make banners and costumes and pretty things like that?
watch this space.

(and sure if I hadnt called them a bunch of pricks, niggeltybits would've anywho) ;)

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well I would make an assortment of plans to bring them down probably all involving a combination of erratic violent behaviour, long coats and cool hair cuts.

it'd probably never get past the drunkenly shouting the plans at anyone who'd listen stage.

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Originally Posted by avernus

well I would make an assortment of plans to bring them down probably all involving a combination of erratic violent behaviour, long coats and cool hair cuts.

it'd probably never get past the drunkenly shouting the plans at anyone who'd listen stage.

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Sounds like fun! Long coats and cool hair cuts should be pretty effective.

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Originally Posted by Squiggle

Sounds like fun! Long coats and cool hair cuts should be pretty effective.

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yeah, i've seen that shit work in movies.

http://www.movie-page.com/1999/matrix/matrix05.jpg

http://www.mcdwatch.org/

guess who's getting sued next...

still I guess it's nice to see someone sticking their neck out

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Originally Posted by Pantone247

http://www.mcdwatch.org/

guess who's getting sued next...

still I guess it's nice to see someone sticking their neck out

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[edit] or, on just reading the posts, being mental and trying to stir shit...um... [/edit]

What Vinnie said.

From www.Ireland.com:

Oxegen gets the wind knocked out of it//Discothequehttp://images.ireland.com/theticket/spacer.gifJim Carroll
IT'S THE story which refuses to go away. Nearly three weeks after the last note sounded at Oxegen, tales of what did and didn't happen on Campsite A continue to be told. The charges are of tents set on fire, robberies, security personnel unwilling or unable to deal with problems, a mini-riot and unprovoked attacks on bystanders.
There have been news reports about these claims in several newspapers, calls to RTÉ Radio One's Liveline and an outpouring of anger from fans on online messageboards. Perhaps most interesting is concert promoter MCD's reaction to the criticism. The Irish Independent reporter's call to spokesman Justin Green provoked the following statement: "We must warn you that in the event that an article critical of the event is published, we will take whatever action is necessary to prevent damage to the Oxegen event or MCD Productions."
That such a pre-emptive strike was deemed necessary is quite a contrast to the overwhelmingly positive pre-event media attention. TV, radio and print were happy to relay Green's enthusiastic talk about the great facilities at the user-friendly Oxegen, including, for the first time, hot showers. Now it's a much different shower raining down.
Ironically, the story first came to light on Oxegen's own website. Other websites were also commandeered, but the real anger came to the fore on Oxegen.ie. After all, this was the site where festival fans had been chatting happily to one another before the event. These fans were the Oxegen community and they had spent months posting hundreds of messages anticipating the brilliant weekend. Now some of them had a different tale to tell and wanted to vent their anger. But they quickly discovered that they would have to go elsewhere to air their ire. After a few days, the plug was pulled and the Oxegen messageboard was decommissioned. In response to a query, MCD stated to Discotheque that the board was scheduled to close five days after the event and will re-open in November, when tickets go on sale for Oxegen 2007.
One possible refuge for disgruntled fans was the very busy Boards.ie messageboard. But that site's administrators decided they were playing with fire and banned all mention of MCD, Oxegen and even, bizarrely, forthcoming MCD shows. Discussions have continued on the Thumped, Cluas and Electric Picnic forums.
Now, there are presumably thousands of people who went to Oxegen, stayed on the campsite and had a brilliant time despite the weather. But the eyewitness reports of what happened on Sunday night/Monday morning have dominated the post-Oxegen news cycle. This may well impact on how high-profile brands associated with the festival or the parents of younger festival-goers feel about future Oxegens.
As the biggest concert promoter in the land, MCD is already the target of complaints about everything from ticket prices to security men. Now, by censoring those fans who feel they have valid criticisms to make, Oxegen is biting the hand that feeds it. After all, rival festival Electric Picnic improved dramatically once promoter John Reynolds paid attention to complaints.
Now that fans have more choice for their euros both here and abroad, Oxegen simply can't bury its head in the sand and hope the negative stories go away. Time, then, to kiss and make up with those discombobulated fans, and take account of valid criticisms.

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Sorry Pete.

Not stirring shit, genuinely.

Lock if need be, just thought it was interesting to know.

You being sued as well, Pete?

What's the story with the locked threads?

Hired goons at the door?

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Originally Posted by ITalkShite

You being sued as well, Pete?

What's the story with the locked threads?

Hired goons at the door?

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nope. just think the topic's been done to death for now.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Sketch lads!

http://www.myfonts.com/images/family...d-goons-bb.gif

Is this kind of response from MCD not a bit:

http://www.pageantfancydress.co.uk/p...batch4_038.jpg

to a

http://teacherweb.com/images/bull.gif

for most sane, forum using cynics? Like what there are loads of on here?

That's a bit gay alright. R u covered pete?

I've got his back.

wasnt a thread of this exact nature with the exact same link deleted yesterday?

i think it has been as my posts on it dont show up in my post history.

why was that thread deleted and not just locked? not like thumped....:confused:

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Originally Posted by Pilchard

why was that thread deleted and not just locked? not like thumped....:confused:

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because if this board publishes libelous material there won't be a thumped

it's pretty fuckin simple, and adding 'allegedly' doesn't exactly cut the mustard when the meaning stays the same. if you want to make an allegation, back it up. be able to prove it (on balance of probabilities).

otherwise stop being so irresponsible with someone else's forum.

ps that's not all directed at pilchard. just the moronic comments that clearly aren't all that funny anymore.