ext_3037 ([identity profile] onelittlesleep.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] morgandawn 2008-07-29 10:18 pm (UTC)

Though this is not a libel case (as far as I know) comparing this to "If I came across a site like this, about me and my family-") isn't really reasonable. I mean, the law would definitely consider both differently, because while you and your family don't have a precedented level of public scrutiny, as an actor, Jensen Ackles DOES. The law would usually allow for more understanding in a libel case, by a private, unpublicized person than it would for someone like Jensen Ackles, who is already publicly scrutinized AND has the ability to make a public statement about it, on his behalf. Not everyone has this right to public awareness or the media, but Jensen Ackles does as a 'celebrity'. So she's RIGHT. If MY family was mocked on a website, I would be annoyed. And would have possibly more legal rights to action. But Jensen Ackles isn't a private citizen.

THAT SAID, if they were ACTUALLY trying to malign him, I would understand also. But, though it's subject to opinion, the site was purposely satirical, and can be construed that way.

ALSO, I think a lawsuit (or whatever) against a single fan or two for their joke site (which was never recognized by a mainstream media source NOR is it as wildly popular as a site like Perez Hilton) goes much further in maligning Jensen's character than anything they could have jokingly said on their site.

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