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Cyberlibel - Be careful with what you post...
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| 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. |
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| TheVrk |
| this doesnt scare me, but its not a good thing |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| big brother is watching youuuuuuuuuu |
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| Crazy Serb |
| ...sue me, biatchez! |
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| Jayx1 |
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. |
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| dEsidEL |
i wonder what happens if u post cyberlibel from a non-extradition country..
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by Crazy Serb
...sue me, biatchez! |
I'm offended!!! :whip: :mad:
See you in court!!!!! :mad: :mad: :whip:
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| ShadoWolf |
| 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.
:stongue: :stongue:
jokes |
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| DJ El Kay Dee |
ffs all of u get a in life ya wankers
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