langedweil wrote: ↑08 Nov 2019, 03:42
Serously ?
Ramifications would be too big; even Ferarri understands that in a courtcase this would get ugly and expose a lot more than they would like from IP point of view. Even if they'd win they'd loose a lot more ...
Ferrai would't loose any IP in a Defamation/slander lawsuit. It's a civil trial, and the defendant (Max/RBR) would have to prove Max's statements are correct with what was publicly known at the time of the comments. The defendants can't get the courts to help/allow them to dig for proof, they have to already have it.
As it stands today, no one has any proof that Ferrari did anything wrong, if they did the entire world would know by now. Hence the reason we see stuff like the article i linked to talking about Binotto/Ferrari saying they are prepared for legal action. The only type of legal action they could take is a Defamation/slander lawsuit.
langedweil wrote: ↑08 Nov 2019, 03:42
Its a weird mechanism these days that you're supposed to swallow your words before you even think of them.
Nah, whats weird is that people think they can say whatever they want and just get away with it. IMO,this is probably because a lot of younger people have grown up with the internet, and are use to being able to say whatever they want because the internet provides them a great deal of anonymity.