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Archive for the ‘Defamation’ Category

High Court considers hyperlinked pages as context in defamation case: “The High Court has examined material on pages linked to from an allegedly defamatory online article to help it decide the meaning of the piece.“

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Facebook libel leads to £10,000 payout: “The High Court has ordered a chef to pay £10,000 in libel damages for a Facebook posting in which he called a former friend a homosexual paedophile. Law student Raymond Bryce said he was neither.“

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Government outlines new libel law plans: “The UK Government will overhaul libel laws in the new year. It said that it will publish a Defamation Bill early next year in an attempt to give publishers more rights and clamp down on ‘libel tourism’.“

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Links to blog in email made sender liable, says US court: “

Defamatory content ‘published’

A US bankruptcy court has said that a man committed defamation just by forwarding an email with links in it to online material that was defamatory. The court said that the man ‘published’ the blog to his email recipients.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Blog libel suit thrown out because potential damage was so small: “A libel suit against a website has been thrown out of court because the potential damage to the reputation of the person making the claim was so small.“

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

High Court: Moderate user comments and you’re liable: “

Even fixing spelling can see you busted

A blog owner can avoid liability for user-generated content that appears on his site without being checked or moderated, the High Court has ruled. But fixing the spelling or grammar in users’ posts could lose him that protection, it said.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

High Court ruling serves as a warning against any moderation of user comments: “A blog owner can avoid liability for user-generated content that appears on his site without being checked or moderated, the High Court has ruled. But fixing the spelling or grammar in users’ posts could lose him that protection, it said.“

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Britain, Long a Libel Mecca, Reviews Laws: “England’s libel laws, which favor complainants, are under attack from publishers, scientists and others.”

(Via NYT > Freedom of Speech and Expression.)

Libel laws stifle jokes by Alexei Sayle and Ricky Gervais: Top comedians and wits, including Alexei Sayle, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Fry, say Britain is being turned into a ‘global laughing stock’ because of its draconian libel laws. They are the latest critics to call for reform of the legislation which is stifling free speech.

(Via Law News from Times Online.)

Newspaper thwarts libel claim with E-Commerce Regulations defence: “A newspaper publisher was not liable for user comments posted after an online article and will not have to pay out libel damages, the High Court has ruled.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)