Joel Disini, DotPH CEO, speaks about the Versomina libel case
January 19, 2009UPDATE: Please check this post out as well.
Things are heating up with the libel case. dotPH continues its fight for free speech as the court date steadily approaches. We at dotPH believe blogging provides a valuable and valid means of expression for those who have no other way of manifesting grievances.
We asked for your take on the issue. For those who came forward and gave their opinions, thank you. Now, Joel Disini, the guy behind i.ph, explains the company’s side, and what we can do to prevent an environment where expressing an opinion or dissent can be suppressed by means of threats, legal or not.
Here is what Mr. Disini has to say:
As some of you may know, a lawsuit has been filed by Versomina and Mr. Joel Aquino against dotPH due to posts made by a blogger - alimuom.i.ph on the i.ph Wordpress-powered blogging platform. dotPH only hosts and provides the blogging software, yet somehow, Mr. Aquino prefers to sue us rather than sue the blogger. This action has cost us a lot of time and money, and we’ve agonized over several weeks whether to do, as Mr Aquino wants - to shut down the blog - or to carry this fight all the way.
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