| CyberLaw: Libel and Suppression - Jonathan Rosenoer asks whether the decision in Shahvar v. Superior Court, 94 C.D.O.S. undermined a rule ensuring unintimidated access to the courts and the free flow of information concerning public disputes.
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| Defamation and the Internet - Includes background information on the relevant laws, details of notable cases, and analysis of whether system operators are liable for defamatory comments made by on their system.
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| Defamation Havens - Brian Martin's paper claims that "The Net provides an effective means of responding to Net defamation and for publishing material that the mass media are afraid to touch". [First Monday magazine.]
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| Defamation in Canadian Cyberspace - Covers defenses against charges of defamation, 'cyberlibel', and the question of liability -- all in the context of Canadian law.
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| Defamation on the Internet - In this paper David F. Sutherland identifies developments respecting the application of defamation law to the Internet.
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| Legal Pitfalls in Cyberspace: Defamation on Computer Networks - Paper by Timothy Arnold-Moore which was originally published in the Journal of Law and Information Science.
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| Libel and Defamation in the Information Age - Eric Eden's article concludes with "The reality is that libel and defamation laws are enforceable in the virtual world just like they are in the real world".
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| Online Defamation - Archive of decisions and litigation provided by the AOL Legal Department.
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| Roger Clarke's 'Defamation on the Web' - Comprehensive analysis of whether the act of placing a document on a web-site constitutes publication in the jurisdictions into which the document is subsequently downloaded.
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| Should Audio-Visual Defamation on the Internet be Treated as Libel or Slander? - Detailed analysis by Zenas Zelotes of the University of Iowa College of Law.
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| Wired 4.03: Libel Law - Let It Die - "Maybe libel law is obsolete. Maybe it always was. But in the world of Net communications, it's hard to see why anyone should weep if libel lawsuits disappeared altogether."
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| Defamation and the Internet: Name Calling in Cyberspace - Paper by Lilian Edwards of Edinburgh Law School, Scotland, which considers why the Internet is a "defamation prone zone", and the problems and opportunities for Internet libel pursuers and defenders.
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| Computer Bulletin: The Perils of Cyber Libel - Article by David Engel and Theodore Goddard focusing on libelous comments made via a the e-mail system of a UK company.
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| Yahoo Groups: Cyberlibel-and-E-mail - Archive and joining information for an e-mail discussion list for persons concerned with libel on the Internet.
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| Cyberlibel: Innocent Dissemination on the Internet - Article that discusses defamation on the Internet from a UK perspective.
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| Cyberlibel - Includes paper entitled 'Defamation on the Internet', bibliography of selected materials, and relevant news stories.
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| The Law of Defamation and the Internet - Recent legal developments, prepared by an Australian barrister.
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