Frankly, does anyone care? Does anyone bother?
Apparently it does to some netizens online. Each blogger has her own set of fans devoted to them.
To me, this is just a case of 2 cyber divas engaged in a cyber brawl.
But what drama mama!
But seriously, if someone were to defamed me online, yeah...I am going to send a lawyer after you.....
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The Straits Times
22 July 2008
Xiaxue won't say sorry to Dawn
She ignores lawyer's letter from fellow blogger Dawn Yang seeking apology for allegedly defamatory remarks
By Debbie Yong
BLOGGER Wendy Cheng - better known online as Xiaxue - is not apologising to fellow blogger Dawn Yang.
Yesterday was the deadline set in a letter that was sent last week by the latter's lawyer to Ms Cheng to do so. The letter referred to allegedly defamatory remarks about Ms Yang that were made by Ms Cheng in a blog entry dated June 30.
Ms Cheng, 23, had written, among other things, about the other's entertainment and endorsement deals. She also baulked at being compared to Ms Yang, 23, in a June 25 report in Chinese-language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao.
The letter had asked for Ms Cheng to publicly apologise and propose a settlement for the damages caused to Ms Yang.
'I am not going to apologise. If she wants to embarrass herself, she can go ahead and sue me,' Ms Cheng told The Straits Times yesterday. She is represented by Keystone Law Corporation.
Ms Yang was in Sydney for a holiday and could not be reached for comment. Mr K. Anparasan from KhattarWong, the firm representing her, confirmed that he has received Ms Cheng's lawyer's letter but said he has yet to discuss the next step with Ms Yang.
He said they will not rule out other options besides going to court, such as mediation or a meeting to settle the dispute.
The bad blood between the two bloggers goes back to November 2006, when they were compared in an online 'hottest bloggers' ranking. They have been making comments about each other on their blogs since.
Ms Cheng gets 50,000 hits daily on her blog while Ms Yang gets 30,000.
After The Sunday Times reported on the dispute last weekend, Ms Cheng said she received over 350 comments on her blog from her regular readers.
Most posted words of encouragement but some also pledged money to help cover her legal costs. One reader transferred US$20 (S$27) to her through online payment firm PayPal, said Ms Cheng.
'I didn't even give them my bank account number. I am really touched,' she added.
Ms Yang has her supporters too. One of them, accountant Teh Liying, 22, told The Straits Times: 'They may be Xiaxue's personal opinions but the Internet is a public domain after all. Dawn is right to remind Xiaxue of that.'
Apparently it does to some netizens online. Each blogger has her own set of fans devoted to them.
To me, this is just a case of 2 cyber divas engaged in a cyber brawl.
But what drama mama!
But seriously, if someone were to defamed me online, yeah...I am going to send a lawyer after you.....
---------------------------------
The Straits Times
22 July 2008
Xiaxue won't say sorry to Dawn
She ignores lawyer's letter from fellow blogger Dawn Yang seeking apology for allegedly defamatory remarks
By Debbie Yong
BLOGGER Wendy Cheng - better known online as Xiaxue - is not apologising to fellow blogger Dawn Yang.
Yesterday was the deadline set in a letter that was sent last week by the latter's lawyer to Ms Cheng to do so. The letter referred to allegedly defamatory remarks about Ms Yang that were made by Ms Cheng in a blog entry dated June 30.
Ms Cheng, 23, had written, among other things, about the other's entertainment and endorsement deals. She also baulked at being compared to Ms Yang, 23, in a June 25 report in Chinese-language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao.
The letter had asked for Ms Cheng to publicly apologise and propose a settlement for the damages caused to Ms Yang.
'I am not going to apologise. If she wants to embarrass herself, she can go ahead and sue me,' Ms Cheng told The Straits Times yesterday. She is represented by Keystone Law Corporation.
Ms Yang was in Sydney for a holiday and could not be reached for comment. Mr K. Anparasan from KhattarWong, the firm representing her, confirmed that he has received Ms Cheng's lawyer's letter but said he has yet to discuss the next step with Ms Yang.
He said they will not rule out other options besides going to court, such as mediation or a meeting to settle the dispute.
The bad blood between the two bloggers goes back to November 2006, when they were compared in an online 'hottest bloggers' ranking. They have been making comments about each other on their blogs since.
Ms Cheng gets 50,000 hits daily on her blog while Ms Yang gets 30,000.
After The Sunday Times reported on the dispute last weekend, Ms Cheng said she received over 350 comments on her blog from her regular readers.
Most posted words of encouragement but some also pledged money to help cover her legal costs. One reader transferred US$20 (S$27) to her through online payment firm PayPal, said Ms Cheng.
'I didn't even give them my bank account number. I am really touched,' she added.
Ms Yang has her supporters too. One of them, accountant Teh Liying, 22, told The Straits Times: 'They may be Xiaxue's personal opinions but the Internet is a public domain after all. Dawn is right to remind Xiaxue of that.'
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