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Topia!: Society: Law: Legal Information: Defamation: Internet (25)
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Defamation and the Internet - Includes background information on the relevant laws, details of notable cases, and analysis of whether system operators are liable for defamatory comments made by on their system. Defamation Havens - Brian Martin's paper claims that "The Net provides an effective means of responding to Net defamation and for publishing material that the mass media are afraid to touch". [First Monday magazine.] Defamation in Canadian Cyberspace - Covers defenses against charges of defamation, 'cyberlibel', and the question of liability -- all in the context of Canadian law. Defamation on the Internet - In this paper David F. Sutherland identifies developments respecting the application of defamation law to the Internet. The Greyhaired Cyberpunk: Libel Law Meets the Net - Editorial by Robert Apgood of the Washington State Bar Association. Legal Pitfalls in Cyberspace: Defamation on Computer Networks - Paper by Timothy Arnold-Moore which was originally published in the Journal of Law and Information Science. Libel and Defamation in the Information Age - Eric Eden's article concludes with "The reality is that libel and defamation laws are enforceable in the virtual world just like they are in the real world". Online Defamation - Archive of decisions and litigation provided by the AOL Legal Department. Roger Clarke's 'Defamation on the Web' - Comprehensive analysis of whether the act of placing a document on a web-site constitutes publication in the jurisdictions into which the document is subsequently downloaded. Should Audio-Visual Defamation on the Internet be Treated as Libel or Slander? - Detailed analysis by Zenas Zelotes of the University of Iowa College of Law. Wired 4.03: Libel Law - Let It Die - "Maybe libel law is obsolete. Maybe it always was. But in the world of Net communications, it's hard to see why anyone should weep if libel lawsuits disappeared altogether." Defamation and the Internet: Name Calling in Cyberspace - Paper by Lilian Edwards of Edinburgh Law School, Scotland, which considers why the Internet is a "defamation prone zone", and the problems and opportunities for Internet libel pursuers and defenders. Computer Bulletin: The Perils of Cyber Libel - Article by David Engel and Theodore Goddard focusing on libelous comments made via a the e-mail system of a UK company. Yahoo Groups: Cyberlibel-and-E-mail - Archive and joining information for an e-mail discussion list for persons concerned with libel on the Internet. Cyberlibel: Innocent Dissemination on the Internet - Article that discusses defamation on the Internet from a UK perspective. Cyberlibel - Includes paper entitled 'Defamation on the Internet', bibliography of selected materials, and relevant news stories. The Law of Defamation and the Internet - Recent legal developments, prepared by an Australian barrister.
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