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Free Software Group under Preasure for refuting MyDoom Slur

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Thursday February 05, 2004 00:58

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Members Employers contacted as act of intimidation

The Irish Linux Users Group, the volunteer body of Linux and Free Open Source Software advocates in Ireland, are tonight under siege after, members & their employers were threatened with being contacted after they defended themselves against MyDoom creation claims and refused to remove postings from their mailing list.

The MyDoom virus, it was suspected on national radio, was created by supporters of the open source movement. In a press release, the ILUG counteracted this claim, but now are facing certain legal proceedings after refusing to remove posts on the subject.

Individual members have also been threatened with libel action if they refuse to remove their postings. Coupled together with a threat to contact their employers to have them reprimanded.

The legal action which is coming from an organisation with links to Microsoft, it likley to cost the volunteer group a substantial amount of money which it is feared they don't have.

No one was available from ILUG to comment further, but the are expected to make a press release shortly.

The Broadcast: http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0202/morningireland/morningireland5a.smil
http://homepage.eircom.net/~fuzzbucket/mi.ogg (Ogg Mirror)

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Comments (8 of 8)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Threatening email	Badman	Thu Feb 05, 2004 12:30
2	Ignoramus	Leon	Thu Feb 05, 2004 15:32
3	Critical Mass	Huggermugger	Thu Feb 05, 2004 17:02
4	Clarification	Chekov	Thu Feb 05, 2004 17:23
5	Campbell	Leon	Thu Feb 05, 2004 17:30
6	The BBC gets in on the act.	R Isible	Thu Feb 05, 2004 17:58
7	Another theory	Chekov	Thu Feb 05, 2004 18:15
8	I'll take a 3 please Bob!	R Isible	Thu Feb 05, 2004 19:20

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