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Article #643Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:00
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In article <1969@thanatos.win-uk.net>, Paul Burridge <osiris@thanatos.win-uk.net> wrote: >Richard has the essence of it. Perhaps it will lead to an >improvement in accountability, where some people may think more >carefully before channelling their thoughts through the medium. I >simply cannot see what defence Demon can cite to rebut the >allegation that they have a tacit policy of doing absolutely >nothing to curb abusive postings coming through their servers. And I'm saying that there is no reason they shouldn't have such a policy. The apalling attitude towards basic free speech in the UK, and the ludicrous results of it (Godfrey, the Spycatcher case, the baroque laws they used to have about Sinn Fein spokesmen that led to a whole *industry* of Sinn Fein soundalikes) are the real issue. -- This is The Reverend Peter da Silva's Boring Sig File - there are no references to Wolves, Kibo, Discordianism, or The Church of the Subgenius in this document "Twenty-two points, plus triple-word-score, plus fifty points for using all my letters. Game's over. I'm outta here." -- Melissa ... by Kwyjibo.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fad9d,3f32b12ce8da2cf X-Google-Attributes: gidfad9d,public X-Google-Thread: 1139f4,3bef05ac7272c5b9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1139f4,public X-Google-Thread: 10b38e,116848e9373ed6b4 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b38e,public X-Google-Thread: f6783,b7fbaecc2a00dadf X-Google-Attributes: gidf6783,public From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling Date: 1999/04/22 Message-ID: <7fol7c$pmu@bonkers.taronga.com> X-Deja-AN: 469806413 References: <7dgt4n$f6u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7ff93p$5r6$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7fhp1b$jg8@bonkers.taronga.com> <1969@thanatos.win-uk.net> Organization: none Newsgroups: news.admin.misc,uk.politics.censorship,uk.legal,demon.service