Futuremark Corporation Takes on [H]ardOCP 18

Posted by Zonk on Saturday October 09, 2004 @01:18PM from the please-stop-kicking-the-puppy dept.

RichM writes "After the ridiculous lawsuit by Infinium Labs against [H]ardOCP, companies appear to be queuing up to put the boot in. Next up, we have the Futuremark Corporation who apparently objected to the opinion that 3DMark2005 "sucked". The Vice President of Marketing for Futuremark exchanged a series of emails with Kyle Bennett, [H]ardOCP Editor, who dutifully posted the entire conversation to the front page of the site."

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this is old news (Score:2, Informative)

by doofusclam ( 528746 ) writes:

The guy in question from Futuremark has already apologised for it.
- Re:this is old news (Score:1, Insightful)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  You don't actually expect a slashdot editor to do one moment of research or fact-checking before posting a story, do you?
- Re:this is old news (Score:1)
  
  by RichM ( 754883 ) writes:
  
  I know, I submitted this days ago when the news broke but the editors took too long in posting it...
Futuremark has already apologed (Score:5, Informative)

by GoofyBoy ( 44399 ) writes: on Saturday October 09, 2004 @01:24PM (#10479884) Journal

http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1026710094 &postcount=545 [hardforum.com]

Thank you slashdot editors for checking your facts!

- Re:Futuremark has already apologed (Score:2, Insightful)
  
  by BrookHarty ( 9119 ) writes:
  
  Thats Tero Sarkkinen from Future remark's appology. But I noticed HardOCP also removed the "Sucked" part from the main page.
  
  How about a little professional posting from companies, might be a good step to avoid all the "DRAMA".
  - Re:Futuremark has already apologed (Score:2, Interesting)
    
    by Down8 ( 223459 ) writes:
    
    HardOCP has always been presented as Kyle & Co.'s opinions on the hardware/software comunity. If it suddenly got 'professional', it wouldn't be the same site, and it would lose readership. You're way off-mark on this one.
    
    -bZj
    - Re:Futuremark has already apologed (Score:2)
      
      by BrookHarty ( 9119 ) writes:
      
      HardOCP has always been presented as Kyle & Co.'s opinions on the hardware/software comunity. If it suddenly got 'professional', it wouldn't be the same site, and it would lose readership. You're way off-mark on this one.
      
      Strange since Kyle has news articles published in magazines, does guest radio spots, tv spots, and is branching out in other businesses.
      
      Maybe one time it was one guys blog, its alot more now.
      - Re:Futuremark has already apologed (Score:2)
        
        by Down8 ( 223459 ) writes:
        
        Only newbs would call anything started before 2002 a 'blog'. He runs a hardware review/news aggregation site - no more, no less.
        
        The fact that he has branched out should in no way change the original intent of HardOCP.com.
        
        -bZj
please please please add STORY MODDING !!!! (Score:3, Insightful)

by kayen_telva ( 676872 ) writes: on Saturday October 09, 2004 @01:27PM (#10479905)

this was days ago and futuremark already apologized and withdrew their statements.

It's about time there was online accountability. (Score:1)

by Anton Anatopopov ( 529711 ) writes:

If I said someone's product sucked on TV without justification I could be sued. Why should people be allowed to hide behind online anonymity? Libel is Libel whether or not it occurs online, it could be even more damaging too, since people believe what they read on websites in an almost totally uncritical way.
- Re:It's about time there was online accountability (Score:1)
  
  by Down8 ( 223459 ) writes:
  
  There was no anonymity involved. HardOCP is run by Kyle, and he said therse things on his front page.
  
  And 'justifying' the word 'sucked' is near impossible, since, unless you're talking abotu a suction device, it's obviously an opinion.
  
  -bZj
  - Re:It's about time there was online accountability (Score:2)
    
    by Guspaz ( 556486 ) writes:
    
    Exactly, and if Kyle's opinion is that a product is not good, or "sucks", then as I understand it that's free speech for you.
    - Re:It's about time there was online accountability (Score:1)
      
      by Anton Anatopopov ( 529711 ) writes:
      
      What, even if the product does not actually suck?
      - Re:It's about time there was online accountability (Score:2)
        
        by base3 ( 539820 ) writes:
        
        Use of the word "suck" is obviously an expression of an opinion, not fact, and can't possibly be libelous. Now if they were to have made up benchmark results, or, perhaps said that the owner of the company has to kill a dog to have an orgasm [penny-arcade.com], then the company might have a libel case.
        
        Re:It's about time there was online accountability (Score:2)
        
        by Guspaz ( 556486 ) writes:
        
        And in the case of the dog-orgasm, the president joked about it, acting as if it were true. Once he's done that, I don't think it's libelous anymore, since he's said publicly that it's true, even if he was joking :p
        
        Re:It's about time there was online accountability (Score:1)
        
        by base3 ( 539820 ) writes:
        
        Yeah, you're right, but I couldn't resist the reference :).

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Futuremark has already apologed (Score:5, Informative)

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please please please add STORY MODDING !!!! (Score:3, Insightful)

It's about time there was online accountability. (Score:1)

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