Gawker is being bullied by Scientology's lawyers for continuing to post Tom Cruise's insane rant video, which has been removed from almost every other venue that presented it. The blogging network was sent the usual request to remove the offending clips, but has thus far refused to comply, and answered Scientology with the following:
We are using this video in the context of news reporting and critical commentary, which are uses that may not be authorized by your client, but which serve the public interest. For this, and other reasons, we believe our use is fair. We further do not accept that we have broken any criminal laws in publishing it, and in any event, several of the statues you cite are inapplicable in this case.
We therefore believe that we are entirely within our rights to publish this video and as such we cannot comply with your removal request.
Good for you Gawker. If Crabbie had posted that video and gotten a letter from Cruise's lawyers, he would've taken the thing down in four seconds flat, and sent a groveling reply back. But not you. You have guts. And lots of money to pay your own lawyers with. And you're not hosted by Blogger who can people's sites at the merest hint of trouble.
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