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Re: Who can cancel it? (was Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling)

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From: Mike Pellatt
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:00
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On 19 Apr 1999 08:16:33 -0500, Peter da Silva <peter@taronga.com> wrote:
>In article <B34094B1966814FAB@cara.demon.co.uk>,
>Peter Ceresole <peter@cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>And one enshrined in large numbers of cases in the world of 'paper'
>>publishing.
>
>So in the paper publishing world, you're supposed to respond to defamation by
>going around to every individual news-stand and corner store in the country
>and individually notify them of it, and expect them to blithely throw out
>their stock of the paper or magazine containing the objectionable article?
>
>I'm sorry, but that's insane, and I don't believe it.

Well, IIRC, it's true. Wasn't it that which took Scallywag off the
streets and solely into the virtual world ??

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Mike Pellatt
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From: mpellatt@nospam.demon.co.uk (Mike Pellatt)
Subject: Re: Who can cancel it? (was Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling)
Date: 1999/04/20
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