internet libel

Illinois Court Rules Interactivity Irrelevant in Determining Jurisdiction

Robin Hamman — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:10:36 -0700

BNA's Electronic Commerce & Law Report reports that an Illinois court has ruled that an interactive Web page offering out-of-state visitors the ability to set up an appointment and submit comments is merely an advertisement and will not support, consistently with due process, the assertion of general jurisdiction in forums where the Web site is viewed.

German Court: Forum Owners Have Unlimited Liability for Comments Posted by Users

Robin Hamman — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:31:57 -0700

Heise.de in Germany reports that a Hamburg court has ruled that forum owners should have unlimited liability, and are co-culpable for, any comments or discussions that take place on their sites, even if posted by third parties (eg. users) and without the forum owners knowledge. The report says:

Libel Claim Over the Sun's "Caprice in Clinic" Story

Robin Hamman — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:42:14 -0700

Supermodel Caprice has, according to the Press Gazette, launched a £100,000 legal battle for libel damages over stories in The Sun and on the paper’s website.

User Discussions Land Google, Wikipedia and Openpolitics in Canadian Libel Suits

Robin Hamman — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:16:00 -0700

According to a report in Canadian newspaper, The Globe and Mail:

US Myspace Libel Case

Robin Hamman — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:15:57 -0700

C-Net is reporting that a school principal in the US state of Pennsylvania has filed a libel suit against four ex-students who, he alleges, harmed his reputation by creating mock myspace profiles:

UK Internet Libel and Privacy Case Settles Before Judgement

Robin Hamman — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:48:46 -0700

The Guardian reports that an internet libel and invasion of privacy case based on allegations over posts made on the blogs of advertising group WPP has been settled out of court. Proceedings had already begun before a jury in the High Court, which hears all UK libel cases. From the Guardian:

Mostly Internet Libel (Links)

Robin Hamman — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:15:08 -0700

About two years ago, I started collecting links to posts, articles, academic discussions and case law about internet libel. I've put this into del.icio.us where I've used the tags internetlaw and internetlibel.