Cyberlibel - Be careful with what you post...

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Posted by rabbitjoker on Nov-13-2004 17:48:

Cyberlibel - Be careful with what you post...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/serv.../BNStory/Front/

An Ontario judge has awarded an archeologist $125,000 in damages after a native man used e-mails to smear her as a �grave robber.�

The archeologist's lawyer is calling the ruling a precedent-setting one in the emerging field of Internet libel, a notion that may eventually have a chilling effect on the freewheeling ways computer users send messages.

�People seem to think there is a level of anonymity to e-mail and the Internet. And that it's a lawless area,� said winning lawyer Berkley Sells. �And clearly it is not, nor should it be.�

In a decision released this week, Madam Justice Wailan Low of the Ontario Superior Court sketched out a rough hierarchy of what she called �cyberlibel.�

Posting slanderous remarks on a popular website, where millions of users might pick them up and circulate them, might be one the more egregious uses of technology, she said. But close behind that is e-mailing libellous remarks in an attempt to smear someone's reputation.

�Clearly, the use of e-mail is far more powerful than the sending out of a multiple of hard-copy letters defaming the plaintiff,� Judge Low ruled.

Posted by TheVrk on Nov-13-2004 18:10:

this doesnt scare me, but its not a good thing

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Nov-13-2004 18:35:

big brother is watching youuuuuuuuuu

Posted by Crazy Serb on Nov-13-2004 19:20:

...sue me, biatchez!

Posted by Jayx1 on Nov-13-2004 20:19:

i remember getting slammed a while back when i sited libel in all the remarks made about Guvernment.

Nice to see im not so crazy after all.

Posted by dEsidEL on Nov-13-2004 23:06:

i wonder what happens if u post cyberlibel from a non-extradition country..

Posted by Fir3start3r on Nov-14-2004 03:47:

quote:
Originally posted by Crazy Serb
...sue me, biatchez!

I'm offended!!!

See you in court!!!!!

Posted by ShadoWolf on Nov-14-2004 04:09:

Re: Cyberlibel - Be careful with what you post...

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/serv.../BNStory/Front/

An Ontario judge has awarded an archeologist $125,000 in damages after a native man used e-mails to smear her as a �grave robber.�

The archeologist's lawyer is calling the ruling a precedent-setting one in the emerging field of Internet libel, a notion that may eventually have a chilling effect on the freewheeling ways computer users send messages.

�People seem to think there is a level of anonymity to e-mail and the Internet. And that it's a lawless area,� said winning lawyer Berkley Sells. �And clearly it is not, nor should it be.�

In a decision released this week, Madam Justice Wailan Low of the Ontario Superior Court sketched out a rough hierarchy of what she called �cyberlibel.�

Posting slanderous remarks on a popular website, where millions of users might pick them up and circulate them, might be one the more egregious uses of technology, she said. But close behind that is e-mailing libellous remarks in an attempt to smear someone's reputation.

�Clearly, the use of e-mail is far more powerful than the sending out of a multiple of hard-copy letters defaming the plaintiff,� Judge Low ruled.

That rabbitjoker is such a cock.

jokes

Posted by LKD on Nov-14-2004 05:15:

ffs all of u get a fuckin life ya wankers