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Recent legal developments, prepared by an Australian barrister.
http://www.mattcollins.com.au/oupupdates.htm
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Cyberlibel
Includes paper entitled 'Defamation on the Internet', bibliography of selected materials, and
relevant news stories.
http://www.cyberlibel.com/cyber.html
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Cyberlibel: Innocent Dissemination on the Internet
Article that discusses defamation on the Internet from a UK perspective.
http://www.spr-consilio.com/cyberlibel.html
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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.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CYBERLIBEL-and-EMAIL/
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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.
http://www.bcs.org.uk/publicat/ebull/jun97/per.htm
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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.
http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/it&law/c10_main.htm
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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"Maybe libel law is obsolete.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."
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.03/letitdie.html
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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.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~cyberlaw/cls99/sempaper/zelote416.html
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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.
http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/II/DefWeb01.html
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Online Defamation
Archive of decisions and litigation provided by the AOL Legal Department.
http://legal.web.aol.com/decisions/dldefam/
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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".
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/defamation-in-cyberspace.html
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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.
http://www.mds.rmit.edu.au/law/defame.html
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The Greyhaired Cyberpunk: Libel Law Meets the Net
Editorial by Robert Apgood of the Washington State Bar Association.
http://www.wsba.org/barnews/tech/greypunkfeb99.html
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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.
http://www.adidem.org/articles/DS5.html
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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.
http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/defamation/
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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.]
http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue5_3/martin/
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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.
http://www-cs-education.stanford.edu/classes/cs201/Projects/defamation-and-the-internet/
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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.
http://www.cyberlaw.com/cylw1094.html
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