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Libel Without Frontiers Shakes The Net
News This week's decision by Australia's high court to approve a libel lawsuit against an American Web site has once again raised fears that the Internet's widely touted freedom to publish may be at risk. Some established libel ground rules are now...
[December 12, 2002, 8:01]
ISP Libel Laws 'need Global Treaty'
News A global treaty is needed to harmonise libel laws, which are forcing many ISPs to take down Web sites for fear of being sued, according to the influential Law Commission. ISPs at the Service Provider Europe conference in London's Earls Court...
[December 18, 2002, 17:19]
Why Does Google Publish Libel?
Talkback "At a time when Google proposes to amass ever more sensitive and personal information on Internet users worldwide, Google's lack of responsibility in actively distributing unsupported libel has given many, real cause for concern.
[June 8, 2007, 1:35]
Internet Defamation Leads To £10,000 Libel Damages
News Williams has been ordered to pay £17,000 after being found guilty of libel. Michael Keith Smith of the UK Independence Party has become the latest person to win substantial damages after being defamed on the
[March 23, 2006, 10:25]
UK Firm Sues Microsoft For Libel
News Software distributor ITAC (UK) has started libel proceedings against Microsoft in the UK High Court after the software giant said it had traded with a "rogue distributor". According to a report in Microscope magazine, ITAC (UK) is now attempting to...
[February 8, 2005, 16:15]
Demon Backs Down In Libel Appeal - Update
News Monday's deadline for the appeal passed without action from Demon, suggesting the ISP is backing down in the case it previously said threatened "the entire ethos of freedom of speech on the Internet".
[June 9, 1999, 15:12]
Wi-Fi Networks May Pose Libel Risks
News The increasing trend of naming Wi-Fi networks to promote a website or physical location, such as a shop, opens up network owners to the risk of libel actions — just as if they were putting out a newsletter or publishing a website.
[June 5, 2007, 11:08]
Internet Defamation Leads To £10,000 Libel Damages
Talkback Remind me never to vote for the UK Independence Party. I wish people in public office always had the character to ignore Internet slurs. Free speech will always be abused by a few people; it would be best just to ignore them.
[March 24, 2006, 15:52]
European Court Asked To Rule On Internet Free Speech
News British Web site Outcast will ask the European Court of Human Rights to consider whether English libel laws breach the right to freedom of expression on the Internet, reports the Financial Times Friday.
[April 17, 2000, 9:38]
False Feedback Okay - Court
News Plaintiff is, in effect, asking for what, in established libel law, would be akin to a retraction. After eBay refused to remove the negative feedback from Grace's profile, Grace sued the auction giant for allegedly publishing false and defamatory...
[February 10, 2004, 10:05]
McAfee, Symantec Sued By HyperTerminal Maker
News A copyright infringement suit filed by Symantec against McAfee in April and a libel suit filed shortly thereafter by McAfee against Symantec are still far from being resolved. In response, McAfee filed a $1 billion libel suit against Symantec...
[September 18, 1997, 11:23]
Email Gossip Could Put Firms In The Dock
News One such individual is understood to have already been warned he could face a charge of libel and is said to have been suspended from work. The UK media has not named those involved, for fear of attracting libel suits, but the Attorney General has...
[October 3, 2003, 13:59]
Amazon Book Ban Backfires
News Indeed, there are a handful of cases in the U.S.where the courts have refused to enforce British libel judgement on the grounds that it would be contrary to public policy and the First Amendment. British libel law is considerably different than the...
[May 21, 1999, 8:06]
School Reunion Site Enters Top 20
News The school reunion Web site, which has recently attracted libel allegations from teaching unions around the country, still managed to make its way into the top 20 rankings for the most visited Web sites in October.
[November 14, 2001, 17:35]
Gator Bites Back In Ad Battle
News Gator also charges the IAB with violating trade libel under California law, disparaging its service and costing the company lost sales. A software company at the centre of a growing dispute over the use of pop-up ads has sued the Interactive...
[August 29, 2001, 9:50]
Sellers Sue EBay Over Double-billing
Talkback Hi, I'm outside the US but wish to pursue Ebay for allowing libel to be published against me even though facts are and always were in their hands which should have prevented them allowing this in the first place.
[October 28, 2004, 16:30]
SCO Readies Lawsuit Against 'recognised Name'
Talkback I do not understand why SCO are not liable for Libel, Slander or Other Mischief, in law, until and/or unless their claims are proved in court. They should be restrained, in the meantime by the Courts from any action in pursuit of that which has...
[March 4, 2004, 0:35]
Keith Jones
Forum It's also libel and endangering any forum admins in the UK who have this posted up, because if Yahoo! This is spam - been mass posted across internet forums: http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/forum-spam/yahoo-ifriends-mafia-spam-alert-190.html
[September 2, 2006, 11:13]
Matthew Mellon - Apology
Talkback Why is it that Mellon has apparently been charged with various "computer crimes" in the past week and ZDNet and a number of other sites have knuckled under to threats of libel/slander lawsuits re: matters of public record?
[March 2, 2006, 21:33]
Opinion: Yahoo!'s Awkward Corner
News Following in the footsteps of the 1998 German case in which CompuServe was charged with aiding and abetting the distribution of child pornography and the Demon libel case earlier this year, the inevitable target will be the ISP or portal on which...
[July 25, 2000, 16:57]
