“We have decided to disable IMDb's message boards”

Re:“We have decided to disable IMDb's message boards” by bogomipz on Sunday February 05, 2017 @08:29AM (#13572324)

That link contains one suit on grounds of ageism and the plaintiff clearly lost:

In 2013, Pechman dismissed all causes of action except for a breach of contract claim against IMDb; a jury then sided with IMDb on that claim.

Then after the plaintiff refiled the suit:

"All claims against IMDB were dismissed by the court in March 2015, handing Hoang zero damages.[41]"

That is the only suit regarding ageism for IMDB which is a 26 year old company.

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Re:“We have decided to disable IMDb's message boards” by nkozyra on Sunday February 05, 2017 @08:36AM (#13572349)

But that undoubtedly cost IMDb money. Litigation on its own can be enough to sway the risk/benefit scale, even if the civil complaint is entirely baseless.

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Re:“We have decided to disable IMDb's message boards” by bogomipz on Sunday February 05, 2017 @09:35AM (#13572538)

>"Litigation on its own can be enough to sway the risk/benefit scale"

We are talking about one frivolous law suit in 16 years of an online presence. I would say by that the risk/benefit ratio is pretty decent.

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Re:“We have decided to disable IMDb's message boards” by nisse72 on Sunday February 05, 2017 @01:29PM (#13573688)

Even more to your point: 26 years!

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