Eva,
In the United States I'm pretty sure that it would be the person who made
the statement, which is the case for libelous statements made on other
public media such as the radio and TV.
Paul H. Dillon
----- Original Message -----
From: Eva Ekeblad <eva.ekeblad@ped.gu.se>
To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: libelous comments
> At 20.13 +0100 0-04-03, Geoff Hayward scrobe:
> >Have colleagues heard about the court case here where a professor of
physics
> >has just sued one of the internet providers for libelous comments made
about
> >him in one of the chatrooms sponsored by demon.
>
> Only vaguely, and I'm not even sure it was the same case.
>
> So I'm wondering if you know if this prof was IN the chat where he was
> slandered, or if he "overheard" people "talking" about him... and if so
> HOW. I mean - libelous comments in a chatroom... I thought Net chat was
> ephemeral but maybe I'm just not updated on how web chat environments
> function...
>
> Lot's of questions about the specific situation in order to know just how
> to apply the law to it, right?
>
>
> >What are the implications of
> >this for communities like this one?
>
> Oh... that the community lives dangerously at all times. It just takes ONE
> participant (or nonparticipant, for that matter) in the position to invoke
> the Law, AND with an inclination to do so.... vulnerable thingies these
> environments as soon as trust is breached.
>
> However, I wonder, who would be available for suing in the case of XMCA?
> The UCSD???
>
> Eva
>
>
>
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