Re: Would I be up for libel???

The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight (baitoven@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au)
Tue, 28 Nov 1995 11:35:55 +1100 (EST)

On Sat, 25 Nov 1995, Cameron Hutchison wrote:

> I quote the November 1995 issue of Internet Australasia, from an
> article titled "Defamation and the Internet" by Stephen O'Gorman.
>
> "Contrary to popular belief, truth alone is generally not enough
> in itself to defend an action in defamation. The publication of
> true but ugly personal facts, for example, would be defamatory
> unless there is some countervailing public interest in the facts
> being known." [p29, top of column 2]

Although I don't know how much Information Studies people know about law
either :)

Alister
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