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A Year Ago: Demon sued by UK scientist
News Demon's defence is that of "innocent distribution" -- otherwise known as Section 1, The Defamation Act 1996 -- which relates to responsibility for publication. In what could prove to be a landmark case, UK Internet Service Provider Demon is being...
[February 16, 2000, 9:44]
Demon: 'We're not going free'
News Demon has had much unwanted publicity following the Demon v Laurence Godfrey defamation case. Martin Higginson, director of interactive services for parent company Scottish Telecom slapped down rumours that Demon would be forced to adopt the free...
[July 5, 1999, 15:38]
ISPs hail 'common-sense' approach to regulation
News The ISP that was stung in the Demon Internet versus Godfrey defamation case last June, was concerned that it could face a fine for libelous content unknowingly posted by customers. British ISPs are breathing a sigh of relief following Demon...
[July 11, 2001, 16:35]
Demon verdict threatens ISPs
News AOL lawyer Clare Gilbert claimed the Demon case opens up deficiencies in the 1996 Defamation Act. Yaman Akdeniz, founder of the Cyber-rights organisation believes the precedent set by the Demon court case could close down the smaller ISPs.
[March 30, 2000, 10:40]
US government considers action on patent trolls
Talkback I think the small inventor will have a good lawsuit for defamation of character by these yahoos. Big Business wanting to put the small entrependuer out of business. Patents take years to develop which put the inventor thru a gaunlet of test to get...
[June 18, 2006, 17:17]
European Court asked to rule on Internet free speech
News According to the Defamation Act of 1996, ISPs are not responsible for defamatory material if they can prove it was published on their servers without their knowledge. British Web site Outcast will ask the European Court of Human Rights to consider...
[April 17, 2000, 9:38]
Survey: Web users ignore illegal content
News But when things aren't so clear-cut -- in defamation cases or copyright infringement, for example -- ISPs have a harder time of it. Internet users aren't up to much when it comes to reporting dodgy content on the Web, research has revealed...
[May 17, 2004, 16:05]
Jane Wakefield: The Net takes on the establishment
News After Godfrey decided to take the matter to the High Court, suing Demon for defamation, he became something of a cause celebre -- hated on the newsgroups for what people saw as an attempt to gag the freedom of the Net, respected by others for...
[April 3, 2000, 9:02]
Software to snoop on office porn sneaks
News Veale argued that Pornsweeper results in the "inherent danger that anyone wrongly accused of downloading porn would have a massive case for demanding huge compensation for not only dismissal but also defamation of character".
[September 20, 2000, 16:17]
Email embarrassment for City lawyer
News It could be breach of confidence if the girlfriend didn't know it was being distributed or it could be defamation. The dangers of sending email from work were brought vividly home to a lawyer at a City firm this week who sent out a mail telling...
[December 14, 2000, 10:55]
Wikipedia rival takes to the web
News Because of its free-form nature, Wikipedia has experienced some problems with defamation and vandalism, in addition to factually incorrect entries. A new rival to Wikipedia launched its public beta on Monday.
[March 27, 2007, 15:00]
Is it OK to monitor employees?
News Examples Knight used included a duty to keep confidential information provided to a company by another party secret, and possible defamation by employees. Employers should avoid possible affront to employee dignity, as well as the negative health...
[July 10, 2002, 8:26]
PeopleSoft CEO resigns
News The events included a threat by Duffield to sue Oracle CEO Larry Ellison for defamation over information released by Oracle about Duffield's stock sales. PeopleSoft founder David Duffield, who returned as chief executive of the business software...
[December 29, 2004, 8:55]
Microsoft sacks temp over blog photo
News Blogging could also opens the door to problems of defamation and harassment. Microsoft has fired a long-term temp after he posted a photograph of Macintosh G5 computers being delivered to the company's Redmond campus on his Web site.
[November 3, 2003, 9:50]
AOL's immunity from child porn to set UK precedent
News Under an Amendment to the 1996 Defamation Act intended to protect online publishers, section two protects content providers from liability for carrying offending material that they are unaware of. A Supreme Court's decision to shield America Online...
[March 9, 2001, 14:45]
Brief filed to reveal identity of Netizen
News financial message board user who had been sued for defamation turned around and filed suit in California against Yahoo! Two civil liberties groups have struck the latest blows in the battle over the rights of users to post anonymous messages on the...
[October 17, 2000, 15:53]
'Electronic jihad' played down
News The Anti-Defamation League warned of similar attacks in December 2000. Security experts downplayed media reports that an "electronic jihad" aimed at Israeli Web sites will start on Thursday. The reports came after the Russian news service RIA...
[August 26, 2004, 8:10]
Former McAfee exec wants damages made public
News Separately, he filed an action for defamation and breach of his stock option agreements against McAfee in Santa Clara District Court in September 2007. Former McAfee president Kevin Weiss, exonerated of wrongdoing in a stock option-backdating...
[August 24, 2009, 11:57]
AOL faces hate speech issue...maybe
News But late Monday word leaked out that AOL was, indeed, scheduled to meet with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), a leading gay rights group. America Online is downplaying expectations that a previously scheduled meeting with a...
[November 3, 1999, 14:18]
Google scores copyright victory
News In his lawsuit, Parker also claimed Google was liable for defamation because the search company archived allegedly defamatory messages posted by Usenet users and that Google was invading his privacy by creating an "unauthorised biography" of him...
[March 17, 2006, 9:30]
