sandfort@crl.com (Sandy Sandfort) writes: [...]
Furthermore, American law is generally more "free speech" oriented with regard to what would otherwise be considered libel or slander. [...]
Mike Godwin has a good article about American libel law and the Net. ANNOTATED REFERENCES (All these documents are available on-line. Access information follows.) =================<a href="ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/law/libel_2.IW"> law/libel_2.IW =================</a> * Expression -- Libel -- Public Figures and the Net "Libel, Public Figures, and the Net" by Mike Godwin, an article for Internet World. Argues that in most cases, replying to defamation on the Net is more effective than and preferable to a lawsuit. ================= ================= If you have gopher, you can browse the CAF archive with the command gopher gopher.eff.org These document(s) are also available by anonymous ftp (the preferred method) and by email. To get the file(s) via ftp, do an anonymous ftp to ftp.eff.org (192.77.172.4), and then: cd /pub/CAF/law get libel_2.IW To get the file(s) by email, send email to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com Include the line(s): connect ftp.eff.org cd /pub/CAF/law get libel_2.IW -- Carl Kadie -- I do not represent EFF; this is just me. =kadie@eff.org, kadie@cs.uiuc.edu =