Out-Law.com reports on a libel case in the U.K. that may be of interest to U.S. readers also, as it demonstrates the contrast between our libel laws and the U.K.’s. Over here, the CDA Section 230 protects online publishers from liability for comments made by third parties. In the U.K., the newspaper successfully invoked their…
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Portuguese court order about book on Maddy applies in U.S. – lawyers
PogoWasRight.org recently covered the controversy concerning Wikimedia’s publication of the name of a convicted German murderer whose name may no longer be published under German law. According to the German courts, their decision also applies to non-German publishers and the convicted killer’s lawyers sent a threat letter to Wikimedia demanding that they redact their client’s…
High Court rejects libel case because article received approximately four visits
Out-Law.com describes an interesting libel case in the UK where being able to demonstrate how many people actually accessed the article and from what locality came into play: A libel action over an article that appeared on the website of a South African magazine has been dismissed by a court in England. Evidence suggested that…
Berlusconi sues local, foreign media for libel
Reuters reports: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is launching legal actions against media in Italy and abroad, including Britain, France and Spain, for libel in their coverage of his private life, his lawyer said on Friday. His lawyer Niccolo Ghedini told Reuters that he and his colleagues abroad had already filed lawsuits against newspapers in…