As reported on evony.net, Evony LLC issued a lawsuit against a “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. For a complete list of the libelous actions committed by Everiss and a copy of the legal filing please click here.
About Evony, LLC
Evony, LLC is the developer and publisher of the globally popular online game, Evony: Age I, which is a massively multiplayer online real time strategy game (MMORTS). With more than eight million users, Evony is highly popular in the online gaming world and played in more than a dozen countries around the globe. More information about the company and game can be found at http://www.evony.net. Evony is also on Twitter atwww.Twitter.com/EvonyOfficial and on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/EvonyGame.
