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

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From: Sherilyn
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 00:00

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In article <7fd8ek$6b8@bonkers.taronga.com>, Peter da Silva wrote:
>In article <7fd246$ceq$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
>Sherilyn  <Sherilyn@sidaway.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>point.  It a view whose ramifications lead me to disagree with it, but it's
>>certainly a tenable view--the law doesn't hold the ISP responsible for the
>>initial publication, only for the continued publication once aware of the
>>defamation.
>
>The ISP isn't the publisher, though. The poster and possibly his ISP are the
>ones who are in that position.

That's another tenable view, and one I have a lot of sympathy for, but not,
unfortunately, one that is supported by the Defamation Act, 1996.

Sherilyn

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From: Sherilyn@sidaway.demon.co.uk (Sherilyn)
Subject: Re: Who can cancel it? (was Re: Landmark English Internet Libel Ruling)
Date: 1999/04/18
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