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Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling

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From: Osiris
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 00:00
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Peter da Silva wrote:

> 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.
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From: Osiris <orion.osiris@virgin.net>
Subject: Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling
Date: 1999/04/21
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