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Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling

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From: David Swarbrick
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 00:00
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In article <slrn7hkru7.ag.Sherilyn@sidaway.demon.co.uk>, Sherilyn
<Sherilyn@sidaway.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <7fd8h4$6cg@bonkers.taronga.com>, Peter da Silva wrote:
>>In article <1928@thanatos.win-uk.net>,
>>Paul Burridge <osiris@thanatos.win-uk.net> wrote:
>>>Had Demon done what he reasonably asked of them, they would have
>>>saved *themselves* a lot of trouble. 
>>
>>What he asked of them was not "reasonable", it was a pointless waste
>>of time, since it did nothing to prevent the spread of the objectionable
>>material.
>
>I hate "me toos", but I think at this point it's worth recognising that,
>as a practical matter of limiting propagation of a libel, Doctor Godfrey's
>request of Demon Internet fell far short of a reasonable request.

It was a request to them to cease to participate in its redistribution.
How anyone can get any effective measurement of the result is a
different matter. 

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From: David Swarbrick <david@swarb.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling
Date: 1999/04/19
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