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Article #466Re: Eye Mag. on Homolka FAQ case
From: Kenneth Bryson
Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 17:48
Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 17:48
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In article <DRW.94May25154547@kronecker.mit.edu> drw@kronecker.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley) writes: >BTW, is anyone else bothered by the rampant disregard shown on the >Internet generally that it is important that a defendant can get a >fair trial? yes. but what really gets me is the fact that (and I don't want to start this debate all over again) the majority of people posting to the net, say to alt.fan.karla-homolka, didn't consider their postings to be a form of publication. Well, stupid, of course posting to a group is publication - simply because you are making "public" information that you have - you are publishing that information. For instance, if you were to post that Dave Letterman is a child molestor, that would be libel, just as it would be if you printed it in a newspaper. INTERNET EQUALS PUBLICATION!! there, I said it. ps. my "making public" definition of publication is precisely the one which Stuart Robertson, one of Canada's foremost media lawyers, uses. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ kenneth harvey bryson kbryson@artspas.uwaterloo.ca kbryson@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca
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