Online game developer Evony sues a \'malicious\' blogge

PRESS RELEASE: EVONY, LLC ISSUES LAWSUIT AGAINST “MALICIOUS” BLOGGER FOR MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LIBEL STANDARDS

Video Game Developer Seeks Damages from Blogger for “Gross Disregard for the Truth”

NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, September 14, 2009 – The developer for the
popular online video game Evony has filed suit against blogger Bruce
Everiss for posting defamatory and false statements online about the
company and the game. The lawsuit follows multiple rebuffed attempts to
reconcile the matter out of court.

Evony’s Australia based legal counsel has proceeded on multiple fronts
internationally against the libelous assaults that Bruce Everiss has
leveled against Evony, LLC (http://www.evony.net), its game “Evony: Age
I”, and its corporate leadership on his weblog and in publications
worldwide in recent weeks.

Evony’s attorneys said Bruce Everiss’ attacks have caused significant
damage to the company’s brand and the gaming experience for Evony’s
users and millions of fans around the world.

“For weeks, we have worked to avoid taking our case into the legal
courts, hoping instead to persuade Mr. Everiss to see the error of his
ways and correct the multiple fraudulent and false claims he has made
against Evony,” said Dean Groundwater, Evony’s chief legal counsel and
a principle with the Australian firm Warren McKeon Dickson. “In the
more than 15 years I have been practicing law, I have never seen such a
gross disregard for the truth as that displayed by Mr. Everiss. His
actions bring an enormous discredit to all online journalists
internationally and have substantially impacted Evony’s reputation in
Australia. I am confident the Supreme Court of New South Wales will see
through the falsehoods being perpetrated by Mr. Everiss and will hold
him accountable for his blatantly illegal and libelous actions.”

“Mr. Everiss’ attempts to spread his patently false charges to others
in the online community cannot be allowed to go unanswered,” said
Benjamin Gifford, Vice Development Director for the Legal IP Strategic
Division for Delaware based Evony, LLC.

“In the digital age in which we now live, online journalists and
bloggers – and the traditional media outlets that may rely upon them as
sources – must strive for a higher standard of integrity and accuracy.
Mr. Everiss’ complete disregard for even the most basic tenets of
journalistic responsibility have left our company no alternative but to
take these legal actions. We hope now, in facing the full light of day
before the Supreme Court, that Mr. Everiss will finally come clean and
clear the record,” said Gifford.

The suit, which was filed in the Supreme Court of New South Wales,
Australia comes after weeks of attempts to convince Bruce Everiss of
the false nature of his information.




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