Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling

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From: Mark Baker
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:00

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In article <371DA69F.7EDB@virgin.net>,
	Osiris <orion.osiris@virgin.net> writes:

>> If demon hadn't ignored it, it still would have done nothing. By the time
>> he noticed it, it had already been propogated worldwide to millions of
>> servers, each of which would still have a copy available for any reader to
>> see no matter how thoroughly Demon scrubbed their disks, and most of which
>> were outside the UK and therefore beyond his legal reach.
> 
> Good, so you finally accept that the argument that by the time the 
> victim sees the material in question, it's too late to issue a cancel,
> even if he knows how to do so. That's what I've been saying all along.

Yes, it probably is too late to issue a cancel.

But by the same argument, it's also too late to get ISPs to remove it.

I know which would be quicker.

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From: mark@aziraphale.demon.co.uk (Mark Baker)
Subject: Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling
Date: 1999/04/22
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