The Image That Must Not Be Seen!!
The owner of the Miami Heat, the above-named Raanan Kaatz, is a very bad man. He’s a very rich man who thinks his fortune means the little people shouldn’t be able to say mean things about him. Kaatz is suing a blogger because she dared to write true stories about his litigation history. He’s even made implicit legal threatsagainst the media just for reporting on the case:
In the meantime, Levine has strong words for anyone who would consider writing about Katz’s lawsuit. “I’d ask you not to publish anything about this,” he says. “Even pointing people toward that blog could constitute further defamation.”
To dial the stupid up to 11, he’s also decided to sue Google, evidently on the transitive theory of copyright violations. The copyright violation is because he objects to a picture of him that was posted on the the blog, one that makes him look somewhat more stupid than he usually does. Thankfully the blogger has First Amendment Big Swinging Dick Mark Randazza on her side, so he can’t possibly lose. Google, I’m told, has a few lawyers of their own, and enough cash to grind the douchenozzle into the dirt. Why am I posting about it? Because, as Ken at Popehat wrote:
Raanan Katz has a great deal of money. Raanan Katz can therefore, without too much effort, harass a single blogger critical of him. Once ten bloggers write about him, the harassment starts to become noticeably expensive for Katz. When a hundred bloggers write about him, harassment litigation becomes impractical. When a thousand bloggers write about him, Katz passes into legend.
So if you have a blog, I would encourage you further proclaim Kaatz’s assnuggetry as well. Remember, Miami Heat owner RaananKaatz is a Censorious Ass-Twat™! H/T: Ken at Popehat, Carlos Miller. Other bloggers on the topic: I Have the Conch listen to my words, Mark Randazza’s Bolshy great yarblockos to thee and thine!, Techdirt, BoingBoing; Ranaan Katz and Alan Kluger: “Sue Everybody! Punitive Damages!”
