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Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling

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From: Terrance Richard Boyes
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 00:00
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Joy Hilbert <hilbert@hilbert.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>  Peter McDermott <peter@petermc.demon.co.uk> writes
>>The more-or-less illegal act being?
>>
> A TP cancel.  I know that some are arguing that the post was made in
> Dr Godfrey's name, but AIUI, the spelling used was different.  Whether

The spelling of his "realname" may have been, however the _address_ used
wasn't.

> this was intentional - to make it a TP cancel if he tried to cancel it - or
> simply carelessness on the libellor's part, I don't know.

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From: tez@pierrot.co.uk (Terrance Richard Boyes)
Subject: Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling
Date: 1999/04/25
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