Not news: Zeke’s Gallery blog pisses off local self-important gallery owner.
News: Gallery owner gets lawyers involved.
Jackass: Mise en demeure is in French, despite the blog posting being in English.
Funny story: Apparently the libel claim is based on a misreading of an ambiguous sentence in a blog post.
Happy ending: A simple conversation over the telephone solves everything.
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Howdy!
Thanks for the morning chuckle, hope all else is well with you. However, as I wrote the original post, I must strenuously disagree with you - it is ambiguous at all.
Howdy!
Ooops, my bad!! It is NOT ambiguous at all. And it appears that it has been settled to everyone’s satisfaction.
Sorry for the brain fart.
Howdy!
And I was wrong about it being over… Apparently he wants to try and prevent me from ever writing or mentioning the word “Pierre,” “Antoine,” and “Tremblay” ever again.
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[...] April 17, 2007: Hand says Carmichael returns Hand’s message and explains that Tremblay wants the post fixed to make it clear that he’s talking about Martorana, not Tremblay. Hand edits the post and laments that he won’t be going to court after all over this. (My post on this) [...]
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