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Joe Gutnick--an Australian businessman--sued Dow Jones--the publishers of a magazine, available
both on and off-line, that contained an allegedly defamatory article about the plaintiff. It was
ruled that an Internet article is published wherever it is read, rather than where the publisher is
based.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/hca/transcripts/2002/M3/2.html
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Stratton Oakmonth Inc. and Daniel Prush v. Prodigy Services Company et al.
In 1994 an unknown user of the Prodigy "Money Talk" bulletin board posted a message which
accused the plaintiffs of criminal dishonesty. The plaintiff sued Prodigy for libel.
http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/free_speech/so_v_prodigy_1995.txt
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David Rindos v. Gilbert John Hardwick
In 1994 David Rindos won a $40,000 judgment in an Australian court against fellow anthropologist
Gilbert Hardwick for comments posted on a global academic network.
http://www.jmls.edu/cyber/cases/rindos.html
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Sidney Blumenthal and Jacqueline Jordan Blumenthal v. Drudge and American Online, Inc.
Sidney Blumenthal, a White House Assistant, sued Matt Drudge, publisher of The Drudge Report, and
AOL, a business partner, over a statement published in The Drudge Report which alleged that
Blumenthal abused his spouse.
http://www.epic.org/free_speech/blumenthal_v_drudge.html
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Zeran v. America On-Line, Inc.
Kenneth Zeran brought this action against America Online, Inc. ("AOL"), arguing that AOL
unreasonably delayed in removing defamatory messages posted by an unidentified third party, refused
to post retractions of those messages, and failed to screen for similar postings thereafter.
http://www.netlitigation.com/netlitigation/cases/zeran.htm
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Arnold B. Bowker, John A. Joslin and the Carib Inn v. America Online, Inc.
Carib Inn, a Caribbean resort, claims it was defamed when an America Online user reported that her
diving instructor was "stoned" during her dive at the resort.
http://www.courttv.com/legaldocs/cyberlaw/aoldefamation.html
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Laurence Godfrey v. Demon Internet Limited
Analysis of the case involving the first judicial decision within England and Wales which concerns
a defamatory statement made via e-mail through an Internet Usenet discussion group.
http://www.nic.uk/news/legal/demon-case.html
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