Larry Flynt's Official Response to Jerry Falwell's Death

Who would Luke Skywalker be without Darth Vader? What would Harry be without Voldemort? Dorothy without her Wicked Witch of the West? The publisher of Hustler magazine without the leader of the religious right...

Suing the Internet: Can You Even Do That?

Can you imagine if everyone who felt insulted by anything posted online could sue the site that held that posting?"The hosts of the speed-of-light world of Internet blogs and interactive websites that publish anonymous commentary should be forced to pay when reputations are...

Internet hosts should be made to pay for libellous statements, suit contends

"The hosts of the speed-of-light world of Internet blogs and interactive websites that publish anonymous commentary should be forced to pay when reputations are damaged, says a former Green Party staff member who...

The Mouth of Truth

Bocca della Verità is situated in the atrium of St. Mary's in Cosmedin church in Rome. According to popular belief it was said that anyone putting his hand in this mouth and swearing falsely, could not withdraw it. Little known other ‘mouths of truth’ are in Florence and...

Free Speech... Will it Survive?

A group of us started an anti defamation blog at http://www.libel-hunter.blogspot.com becuase we have come accross some bizarre accusations aimed at so called 'crusader' scam sites. The  blog and forum is intended as a research tool, gathering information on...

CA Court Protects Free Speech Rights for Internet

"The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that bloggers and participants in Internet bulletin board groups cannot be sued for posting defamatory statements made by others. In deciding a case closely watched by free speech groups, the court said a federal law gives immunity...

L.A. judge dismisses Britney Spears' libel suit (Reuters)

" By Steve Gorman 2 hours, 16 minutes ago LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge has dismissed a libel suit brought by Britney Spears " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Britney Spears accusing Us Weekly magazine of fabricating a story about a sexually explicit video...

Danish paper acquitted in cartoon libel trial

The cartoons were the most important since the infamous propaganda posters of WW2 - and those that were published last year resulted in mayhem around the world.Today, a Danish court found Jyllands-Posten, a...

Kate Hudson wins libel award over story (AP)

" 2 hours, 17 minutes ago LONDON - Kate Hudson " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Kate Hudson has accepted libel damages from a supermarket tabloid that claimed she was dangerously thin, her lawyer...

‘Cyberlibel' cases mount with rising popularity of blogs

"Kingston — A woman who made disparaging comments about her landlord on her Internet blog has become the latest person to discover what can happen when cyberspace and legal realities collide. Sarah Dawe is facing eviction for her postings related to an ongoing dispute...

Is Wikipedia safe from libel suits? - CyberJournalist.net

According to Cyberjounralist.net:Thanks to section 230 of the Federal Communications Decency Act (CDA), which became law in 1996, Wikipedia is most likely safe from legal liability for libel, regardless of how long an inaccurate article stays on the site, according to legal...

Ontario mom faces $2M libel suit for website about problems in neighbourhood ...

Canadian Press - (CP) - A stay-at-home mother of three who created a website to alert the government about allegedly dangerous environmental problems in her southwestern Ontario neighbourhood is facing a $2 million libel suit by one of the developers she reported on.

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