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Article #670Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling
From: Sherilyn
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:00
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In article <cKnA1AAJDDH3EwOD@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk>, Andy wrote: >In article <7fflp2$hsq$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, Sherilyn ><Sherilyn@sidaway.demon.co.uk> writes >[] >>On 17th January, Doctor Godfrey faxed Demon Internet. Demon did not act on >>the FAX, and the posting would have expired in the normal course of events >>(according to Justice Morland's summary which lists "about a fortnight") >>about 27th January. So for about 10 days, Demon knowingly published a libel >>against Doctor Godfrey. >> >[] >Isn't it more correct to say that *during those 10 days* Demon were >publishing material which Dr Godfrey had asserted to them was libellous >- no court having ruled it to be so. Yes, except the way English law works it means they would still be responsible for the libel, even in the absence of a ruling (in point of fact, I don't think there's any dispute that it was a libel against Godfrey in English law). Sherilyn
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fad9d,3f32b12ce8da2cf X-Google-Attributes: gidfad9d,public X-Google-Thread: 1139f4,3bef05ac7272c5b9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1139f4,public X-Google-Thread: 10b38e,116848e9373ed6b4 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b38e,public X-Google-Thread: f6783,b7fbaecc2a00dadf X-Google-Attributes: gidf6783,public From: Sherilyn@sidaway.demon.co.uk (Sherilyn) Subject: Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling Date: 1999/04/20 Message-ID: <slrn7hprup.qi.Sherilyn@sidaway.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 468894855 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: sidaway.demon.co.uk:158.152.43.216 References: <7dgt4n$f6u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <1916@thanatos.win-uk.net> <ant1621201cbXL#k@pharpech.demon.co.uk> <1928@thanatos.win-uk.net> <7fd8h4$6cg@bonkers.taronga.com> <slrn7hkru7.ag.Sherilyn@sidaway.demon.co.uk> <YCKDXCAdxuG3EwXN@swarb.demon.co.uk> <7fflp2$hsq$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <cKnA1AAJDDH3EwOD@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk> X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 924646850 nnrp-03:7420 NO-IDENT sidaway.demon.co.uk:158.152.43.216 Newsgroups: news.admin.misc,uk.politics.censorship,uk.legal,demon.service X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net