In a message dated Wed  5 Jun 96 06:56, Trev Roydhouse wrote:

 >  Lets make a BAD TRADER post once a week. Who wants to 
 > be responsible.  

 TR> Exactly. Which sysops want to be responsible for publishing
 TR> defamatory statements?  

 TR> So, let's not - the laws of defamation apply equally to this echo as
 TR> any newspaper.  

Do the laws of defamation cover TRUE statements? Surely to be defamatory,
the statements would need to be proven to be untrue.

My dictionary says

Defame - to attack the reputation of.

So you might be right...

Comments?


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