Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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Just had a look at the Trust site seems that the link to the Guardian article has been removed:thinking about:Anybody from the Trust care to tell me why?
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Ms_whiplash
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A little birdy tells me the Trust were threatened with legal action by the club unless they removed it immediately. Seems Mr Fisher didn't like it????
skybluetony176
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Truth hurts?
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Ms_whiplash
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I think it just shows that SISU will threaten anyone with legal action if they don't like what is said. Freedom of speech is clearly not allowed if it's about them!
lordsummerisle
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Sounds like a load of bollocks to me.
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Ms_whiplash
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Everything that comes out of SISU is bollocks!!!
Nonleagueherewecome
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Legal action on what grounds? And anyway, it's just a link...if they have an issue with it surely they take it up with The Guardian? I'd be amazed if the Trust are spineless enough to give in when there is absolutely no legal foundation for the threat!
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Jack Griffin
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Do you think they'll threaten to sue Google for the result of a search on "guardian coventry city abyss" :thinking about:
Nonleagueherewecome
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Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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Why it was a link to an article in a newspaper I presume its still available via the Guardian or other sites. This is now getting ridiculous am I now going to get a solicitors letter for standing on the hill because iI might make a noise and wake up the inhabitants of Sixfields?
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Ms_whiplash
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They may well have threatened the Guardian with legal action too and the Trust will be implicated for pointing people in the direction of the article. It is like shutting the gate after the horse has bolted mind as most city fans will have already seen the article anyway!
lordsummerisle
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Fucking hell.
Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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Sounds implausably plausable to me.
Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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Can someone from the Trust confirm this?
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Ms_whiplash
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No-one from the Trust seems keen to comment? Maybe I will have to get my whip out???
Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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SkyblueBazza
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The link was posted on this forum - did they threaten legal action on the poster? Or the forum admin? Probably not, so I doubt they have much to do with it outside of back-scratch type threat/arrangements with the SBT. Such as..."If you leave it there we'll have no more meetings with you"
shmmeee
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Shocking if they're running scared from baseless legal action. If it had any merit the Guardian would've taken the article down.
Monkeyface
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Are we talking about this? http://www.theguardian.com/football...entry-city-owners-northampton-league-one-sisu
Nick
Administrator
How can they be threatened with legal action for sharing a link?
letsallsingtogether
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who knows what lqw they would use to sue the fans trust.
They know the trust only has a small budget and cant afford to argue tje case. Typical of our owners hate the trust and hate the fans.
Shows that the article has hurt them and as they say the truth .....
They know the trust only has a small budget and cant afford to argue tje case. Typical of our owners hate the trust and hate the fans.
Shows that the article has hurt them and as they say the truth .....
They cannot unless they commented on it in defamatory terms.
If an article offends, and is libellous, you go after the publisher first to remove it, way before you threaten people for sharing the information.
Then again...
very little that people have done in this mess has made much sense, so maybe they have suggested legal action.
Or...
they could have asked nicely for someone to remove the link to foster goodwill, but then here I go over thinking possible reasons for something.
Only thing I do know for sure is...
Sometimes things happen for no reason.
Humanity as a rule tends to suffer from the need to identify correlations, and see patterns in things that are random.
Then again...
very little that people have done in this mess has made much sense, so maybe they have suggested legal action.
Or...
they could have asked nicely for someone to remove the link to foster goodwill, but then here I go over thinking possible reasons for something.
Only thing I do know for sure is...
Sometimes things happen for no reason.
Humanity as a rule tends to suffer from the need to identify correlations, and see patterns in things that are random.
I'll be honest, guys, I've sent that link to a few friends via email! Anyone know of a way to delete the evidence of this from my PC?!?! I know this is just a rumour on an internet forum started by a faceless poster, but with Christmas coming up, I really can't afford any sort of legal battle! Thanks in advance!!!
shmmeee
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No they didn't, and even if they did they are well covered. This is intimidation and I'm disgusted that it's worked.
Nonleagueherewecome
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No total over 400 in 17 innings, the most sixes ever scored against you in an Ashes innings, the worst Ashes collapse in over 50 years, the second heaviest defeat in Ashes history...sometimes, the patterns are connected, unfortunately.
Not in the case of the link though, I don't think...it seems a lot more likely that a "polite request" has been made, EG "do it or we won't be as co-operative with you, which would be a shame given your new, neutral/neutered stance now, wouldn't it?".
Does anyone else find that when imagining Fisher speaking they hear the same voice as David Cameron?
Any way, we need a statement from the Trust to clear this up.
RoboCCFC90
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Quality Brian.
RoboCCFC90
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Let's all start the day with a good conspiracy theory shall we..
Nick
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That is if it is what has happened though. In the past when I have had dealings like that they have never really been that harsh or forceful, it has literally been the disgusting stuff that they have requested to be taken down and it has never been "do this or we will sue you". Unless things have changed now.
