G'day Frank,

Replying to a message of Frank Malcolm to Paul Edwards on 16/01/97:

 PE>> Do we have any examples of successful suing against someone you don't
 PE>> even know?  BFN.  Paul.

 FM> There was that uni bloke in WA who recently successfully sued someone
 FM> who defamed him on the Internet. Don't know if he knew him though,
 FM> probably did.

I was reading about that case and found out that under the laws that
applied to that case (WA I think), the truth was no defense.

To not defame someone, it must be shown to be in the public interest. Truth
is irrelevant!.

Regards...Jeff (jeff{at}matra.com.au)

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