This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.

Here is a sample of this item:

by Mike Caswell

Vancouver resident Daryl MacAskill has filed a counterclaim against Stockhouse Publishing Ltd., operator of the Stockhouse website, claiming that the site's operators are harming the public by censoring truthful information. He says that this censorship is "contrary to the public good" and is causing economic harm.

The counterclaim comes in response to a lawsuit Stockhouse launched against Mr. MacAskill in the Supreme Court of British Columbia last month seeking a court order that would bar him from the website. The suit complained that he had become a substantial drain on the site's resources by creating numerous accounts, at the rate of up to 184 per day. He used the accounts to post material that was either defamatory, inaccurate, threatening or inflammatory, Stockhouse claimed.

Mr. MacAskill, in a self-filed counterclaim, says that the lawsuit is an abuse of process. As he sees it, Stockhouse is misusing litigation "to protect personal reputations from the truth" while deliberately harming him. He claims to have suffered permanent damage to his reputation as a result.

The remainder is available to Stockwatch subscribers.
Sign-up for a FREE 30-day Stockwatch subscription and SEE NO ADS