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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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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 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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Online Defamation
Archive of decisions and litigation provided by the AOL Legal Department.
http://legal.web.aol.com/decisions/dldefam/
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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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Should Audio-Visual Defamation on the Internet be Treated as Libel or Slander?
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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Wired 4.03: Libel Law - Let It Die
Arguing that it might be better if libel laws were abolished.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.03/letitdie.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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The Law of Defamation and the Internet
Recent legal developments, prepared by an Australian barrister.
http://www.mattcollins.com.au/oupupdates.htm
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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.org/issues/issue5_3/martin/
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