Canadian Libel Law Raises Net Free Speech Chill
Michael Geist's weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, BBC international version, michaelgeist.ca version, p2pnet) places the spotlight on this week's fundraiser in support of P2Pnet.net, a...
View ArticleRoundtable on Canadian Defamation and Libel Laws Reform (Toronto, Aug 5, 2006...
The Roundtable on Canadian Defamation and Libel Laws Reform is today, as is the evening benefit concert. I hope to see many of you there!Centre for Social Innovation 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 120...
View ArticleCanada, a haven for libel lawsuits
This p2pnet article by Dan Burnett includes:Why do by plaintiffs outside Canada bring libel suits against non-Canadian defendants such as the New York Post and Washington Post in our courts? The answer...
View ArticleQuebecor Inc. chief Pierre Karl Péladeau launches "defamation" attack in CTF...
A Globe and Mail article by Bertrand Marotte and Simon Tuck includes:The Quebec Superior Court suit filed yesterday alleges that Radio-Canada vice-president Sylvain Lafrance damaged Mr. Péladeau's...
View ArticleInternet to be reclassified as broadcast media?
A BLOG posting by Jesse Hirsh and a press release draws our attention to a motion filed against the libel claim of York professor David Noble which could significantly affect broadcast law and Internet...
View ArticleBloggers under attack?
Two messages came to me today. I doubt they are linked, but who knows. One pointing to the fact that p2pnet has been named in an additional online libel case (This time for --gasp-- daring to link to a...
View ArticleLawsuits Put Online Free Speech At Risk
Michael Geist's weekly law bytes deals with the Wayne Crooks defamation cases. (Toronto Star version, Homepage version)Despite garnering only limited media attention, two recently filed defamation...
View ArticleA letter to the National Post regarding internet anonymity
A Lielchill.ca BLOG entry by Mark Francis includes a letter to the editor in reply to a recent National Post article regarding internet anonymity that referenced the Wayne Crookes cases.With repressive...
View ArticleLibel Chill: CBC The National: Threat to the ‘Net and Political Free Speech
The Libel Chill group reposted a CBC Newsworld piece to YouTube.
View ArticleDalhousie gets Facebook animal research site yanked
An interesting article by Charles Mandel for CanWest News Service talks about a facebook group being yanked. At first glance you might think I would be opposed to such a thing, but in this case the...
View ArticleVancouver man's lawsuit against Yahoo! dismissed
CBC news published an article discussing the latest chapter in the ongoing saga of Wayne Crookes lawsuits against online publication of things which he doesn't like. I don't consider any of this to be...
View Articlep2pnet wins landmark ‘linking’ defamation case
Congrats for how well the case has gone thus far. You can read more details on p2pnet.
View ArticleFull Interview: Can a hyperlink be libellous?
CBC's Spark has a full interview with David Fewer on the Crookes v. Netwon case. If you agree this case is important, please donate to the defence fund.
View ArticleThe linking between defamation and copyright
The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled in favor of Newton in the Crookes v. Newton, declaring that this specific use of linking to allegedly defamatory material did not constitute publishing. A...
View ArticleAn Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (protecting freedom)
While not related to Copyright, I wanted to mention bill C-304 which I have been following.Among other things, it repeals section 13 of of the Canadian Human Rights Act, something I am strongly in...
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