New Internet Anti-Libel Law Unenforceable For Now: NEC

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Internet libel is 'a woolly area'

Internet libel is 'a woolly area' 01/06/2005 04:26 AM
Irish News Jan 6 2005 8:29AM GMT

Yet Another Case About The Jurisdiction
Over Internet Libel Charges

Yet Another Case About The Jurisdiction
Over Internet Libel Charges 03/14/2005 05:27 PM
This is a legal question that's going to keep showing up: is a news publisher liable for libel laws in countries other than where they publish, if they publish on the web? A few years ago, an Australian court ruled yes, saying an Australian man could sue Dow Jones in Australia over a story they wrote and hosted in the US. Last month, a similar case got some attention, but this time, because the person who felt wrong lived in Saudi Arabia, but sued in the UK because they have stricter libel laws. This, of course, demonstrates the real problem with leaving this jurisdictional question open: people will jurisdiction shop to find one with more favorable laws. The latest case adds another twist. A former UN official accused of various "sexual and financial transgressions" is suing the Washington Post over their stories on the subject in Canada. A Canadian court has said this is okay. In his defense, he does live in Canada. However, he didn't move there until three years after the article was published. Either way, these types of cases are going to become increasingly common, and certain locations will build up reputations for (a) allowing internet libel cases that originated elsewhere to be heard there and (b) for regularly siding with the individual making the accusations.

Law Offers Internet Publishers Scant
Guidance on Libel

Law Offers Internet Publishers Scant
Guidance on Libel 06/16/2004 09:26 PM
Online Journalism Review Jun 17 2004 1:19AM GMT

Secure Resolutions Upgrades Their
Anti-Virus Engine to Include
Anti-Spyware, Anti-Adware, Anti-Dialers,
Anti-Hoaxes, Anti-Jokes, and
Anti-Hacking Tools

Secure Resolutions Upgrades Their
Anti-Virus Engine to Include
Anti-Spyware, Anti-Adware, Anti-Dialers,
Anti-Hoaxes, Anti-Jokes, and
Anti-Hacking Tools 06/05/2005 11:14 PM
Secure Resolutions desktop security (Resolution Antivirus™) automatically detects and eliminates all types of viruses, worms, Trojans Horses, dialers, hoaxes, jokes, and hacking tools within a managed desktop security solution. [PRWEB Jun 2, 2005]

SCO Calls GPL Unenforceable, Void

SCO Calls GPL Unenforceable, Void 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
Slashdot Oct 28 2003 1:35AM ET

USATF Lifetime Ban Unenforceable, Says
Pound

USATF Lifetime Ban Unenforceable, Says
Pound 12/07/2003 07:38 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 7 2003 6:33PM ET

O'Neill in second libel win

O'Neill in second libel win 05/04/2004 07:55 AM
Celtic boss Martin O'Neill wins libel damages from a second newspaper which alleged he was leaving the club.

Blogger sued for libel

Blogger sued for libel 03/14/2005 06:21 PM
(Following links are all in Finnish. Sorry.)

Ilkka Pöyry, the headmaster of the Muhos Korivaara school, who has been using (and approving) questionable methods to give fundamentalist religious schooling to kids in the elementary grades (3-4), has sued Jani of Marginaali for libel. (Well, not really sued, it's more like asking the police to look into the matter by claiming that a crime has occurred. I don't know the English words for that.)

While Jani's tone in expressing his opinion is, in my opinion, overly harsh, his feelings are understandable. Knowing Finnish mentality the situation has had to have been really bad, if multiple families have gone against the popular opinion in a small, Finnish rural town. The person who was supposed to investigate the matter within the town reported multiple attempts to prevent his work or to arrive at a certain conclusion, including a lawsuit by the same Ilkka Pöyry (which the police found unfounded). Even an expert group investigation was declared secret by the town council, though the conclusion was made public, and resulted in the Oulu regional government issuing a warning to the headmaster.

Now Mr. Pöyry seems to go around on a rampage, trying to fix his tarnished reputation by suing people who were angered by the news articles (not a smart tactic). It will be an interesting landmark case for Finnish bloggers, because if Jani is convicted, a great many people will have to start and bite their tongues. While Jani's language is harsh, it is not unheard of, and I've read far worse comments about other people in both blogs and the USENET newsgroups. Besides, Jani has written about it only once - some others have been doing it for years.

Update: The Enter-magazine wants to know why the Oulu police is telling Jani to remove the pages, as this is clearly unconstitutional? Only a court can order web pages to be shut down...

Update2: The story of askola.org is also worth reading. A local elected representative of Askola has been holding a column on the Internet, criticizing the Central party -lead town council, and was sued for slander. He was found guilty and was sentenced to 200,000 € worth of damages (which is very high in Finland), but has since appealed to the EU human rights court. The case seems otherwise pretty usual, petty Finnish local politics, but what is really odd is that apparently two separate courts refused to say exactly what he had done wrong and point out the parts of his writings that are libelous. That worries me a lot. Anyway, he has now decided to carry a video camera with him to the council sessions and tape everything, which seems to have a very calming effect on the sessions. I think this is a good example of the transparent society in action, and how it would benefit even on a local level.

Update3: The police has now instructed Jani to remove the offending material from the website according to the ".fi top level domain rules", which state that the police can ask for a suspension of a domain, if it's suspected to be used in crime. However, Jani's web site is under the ".net" -TLD, so to me this sounds awfully like an unlawful threat... What kind of police behaviour is this!?! "Remove the stuff or we'll shut you down completely!" What happened to "innocent until proven guilty"?

Update4: The media got interested as well. Tuomas Kilpi of Enter-magazine has asked the Finnish high-ranking police officials and the Ministry of Communication wh

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mi2g - fud, lies and libel

mi2g - fud, lies and libel 07/21/2004 08:08 PM
not-mi2g_at_hushmail.com (Jul 20 2004)

Libel Law Still Not Settled For Bloggers

Libel Law Still Not Settled For Bloggers 06/16/2004 10:45 PM
In the last year, we've received five or six legal threats at Techdirt. In every case, it concerned a comment on the site not written by anyone here, which should protect us from any real lawsuit. In most cases, the threatening party went away pretty quickly when the law was explained to them, but some people always feel that they need to sue. While the legal protections are mostly clear, some parts of internet libel law are still unsettled. It may depend on where you are, and whether or not you get a judge who actually understands the internet. Part of the problem is that most of the laws written for print publications have not been extended to the internet where applicable. The other problem is that not every judge has interpreted some of the laws in the same way. Either way, it seems likely that there are going to be many more lawsuits before this issue gets settled.

libel insurance for bl0ggers

libel insurance for bl0ggers 02/19/2004 03:28 PM
i am thinking i need some pardon-my-big-mouth coverage

Hain almost faced sex libel case

Hain almost faced sex libel case 08/20/2004 02:18 AM
Commons Leader Peter Hain almost faced a criminal libel prosecution over sex scandal allegations he made 30 years ago.

If murder won't work, try crying libel

If murder won't work, try crying libel 07/14/2004 10:35 PM
Salon Jul 15 2004 2:39AM GMT

Amazon settles libel suit

Amazon settles libel suit 12/21/2003 06:12 AM
USA Today Dec 21 2003 5:16AM ET

Google Sued for Libel After Man Ego
Surfs

Google Sued for Libel After Man Ego
Surfs 04/09/2004 04:06 PM
SERPs as editorial content: "...he was told by friends and family that typing "Mark Maughan" into a Google search engine delivered "alarming, false, misleading and injurious results" about him and the business."

Rowan Atkinson wins libel pay-out

Rowan Atkinson wins libel pay-out 04/22/2004 06:43 AM
Actor Rowan Atkinson accepts libel damages over newspaper allegations he was on the edge of a breakdown.

Could Google News be sued for libel?

Could Google News be sued for libel? 06/05/2004 02:34 AM
CyberJournalist.net Jun 5 2004 5:27AM GMT

Eastwood settles £5.5m libel case

Eastwood settles £5.5m libel case 08/13/2004 03:55 AM
Actor Clint Eastwood settles a $10m (£5.5m) libel case over a book that accused him of beating his ex-wife.

Doctor Who actor wins libel case

Doctor Who actor wins libel case 06/29/2004 09:08 AM
Actor Christopher Eccleston, who stars in the new Doctor Who, wins a libel case over his professional conduct.

Calif. Woman Sues Schwarzenegger for
Libel

Calif. Woman Sues Schwarzenegger for
Libel 12/09/2003 01:33 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 9 2003 0:32AM ET

Internet Stokes Anti-War Movement

Internet Stokes Anti-War Movement 01/21/2003 07:54 AM
Sloan said for many people, joining the movement was as simple as typing "anti-war" into Google and being directed to hundreds of anti-war websites.

""Despite the differences between them,
however, anti-Americanism in the Islamic
world and anti-Americanism in Europe are
in fact linked, and both bear an uncanny
resemblance to anti-Semitism.""

""Despite the differences between them,
however, anti-Americanism in the Islamic
world and anti-Americanism in Europe are
in fact linked, and both bear an uncanny
resemblance to anti-Semitism."" 11/03/2003 09:33 PM

"Despite the differences between
them, however, anti-Americanism in the
Islamic world and anti-Americanism in
Europe are in fact linked, and both bear
an uncanny resemblance to
anti-Semitism."

"Despite the differences between
them, however, anti-Americanism in the
Islamic world and anti-Americanism in
Europe are in fact linked, and both bear
an uncanny resemblance to
anti-Semitism." 11/03/2003 06:39 AM
Natan Sharansky: On Hating the Jews

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Bush signs Internet anti-spam law

Bush signs Internet anti-spam law 12/16/2003 04:11 PM
AFP via Yahoo! Dec 16 2003 2:41PM ET

US court nixes Internet anti-porn law

US court nixes Internet anti-porn law 06/29/2004 08:34 PM
Sydney Morning Herald Jun 30 2004 0:23AM GMT

FCC Approves Internet Anti-Piracy Tool

FCC Approves Internet Anti-Piracy Tool 11/05/2003 08:39 AM
Red Nova Nov 5 2003 8:08AM ET

Amazon pays libel damages again over
Northern Ireland book

Amazon pays libel damages again over
Northern Ireland book 12/22/2003 09:04 AM
Third time around

Internet services call for anti-spam
regulations

Internet services call for anti-spam
regulations 12/21/2003 11:49 PM
China Post Dec 21 2003 10:07PM ET

US Supreme Court rejects Internet
anti-porn law

US Supreme Court rejects Internet
anti-porn law 06/29/2004 07:10 PM
ABC Online Jun 29 2004 10:31PM GMT

US Supreme Court nixes Internet
anti-porn law (AFP)

US Supreme Court nixes Internet
anti-porn law (AFP) 06/29/2004 03:34 PM
AFP - The Supreme Court ruled that a law punishing citizens for transmitting pornographic images online that could be seen by children is an infringement of US constitutional guarantees of free speech.

Declarada inconstitucional la ley
estadounidense anti-pornografía en
Internet

Declarada inconstitucional la ley
estadounidense anti-pornografía en
Internet 06/29/2004 06:54 PM

No Caterpillar, No Cocoon? -
Plus--Whistling past the libel
graveyard. By Mickey Kaus

No Caterpillar, No Cocoon? -
Plus--Whistling past the libel
graveyard. By Mickey Kaus 07/23/2004 09:38 AM
Mickey Kaus .. Kausfiles' .. Kausfiles .. MK

slate.msn.com/id/2104072
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Clinton Internet provider files new
anti-spam suit

Clinton Internet provider files new
anti-spam suit 12/28/2004 07:39 AM
Qctimes.com - Tue Dec 28, 08:58 am GMT

Internet group rejects Microsoft's
anti-spam solution

Internet group rejects Microsoft's
anti-spam solution 09/15/2004 07:38 AM
Computer Weekly Sep 15 2004 11:26AM GMT

Bush signs Internet anti-spam law;
reactions mixed

Bush signs Internet anti-spam law;
reactions mixed 12/16/2003 04:11 PM
AFP via Yahoo! Dec 16 2003 2:41PM ET

Internet savvy more akin to anti-boob
tube man than geeks

Internet savvy more akin to anti-boob
tube man than geeks 01/16/2004 01:00 PM
The World Internet Project seeks to study the influence of PCs and the Internet on our lives, and their most recent study depicts your average net user in a surprising way.

Top Chinese Internet sites launch
anti-porn measures

Top Chinese Internet sites launch
anti-porn measures 08/06/2004 03:26 PM
AFP via Yahoo! Aug 6 2004 6:51PM GMT

Tethernet Announces New TetherScan
Anti-Virus Internet Appliance

Tethernet Announces New TetherScan
Anti-Virus Internet Appliance 09/07/2004 02:47 AM
TetherFilter’s new TetherScan Internet appliance inserts a new level of protection into existing email infrastructures, providing an email firewall against virus attacks with easy deployment and low operating costs. [PRWEB Sep 7, 2004]

Libel Suit 9/11 - Michael Moore's
hysterical, empty threats. By Jack
Shafer

Libel Suit 9/11 - Michael Moore's
hysterical, empty threats. By Jack
Shafer 06/22/2004 12:19 PM
Libel Suit 9/11: Michael Moore's hysterical, empty threats .. runs the gauntlet of Michael Moore's lawyers .. eggs him on

slate.msn.com/id/2102725
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