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ISPs could be sued for letting customers read defamatory comments, says Leveson lawyer
Times of London ^
| Monday, January 21, 2013
| Ben Webster, Media Editor
Posted on 01/21/2013 4:10:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Internet service providers could be sued for allowing their customers to read defamatory comments online, under a new law proposed by the lead counsel to the Leveson inquiry.
Robert Jay, QC, who led the questioning of key witnesses including David Cameron and Rupert Murdoch, has suggested a solution for regulating the internet after Lord Justice Leveson largely ducked the issue in his 2,000-page report.
Acknowledging that he was entering a hornets nest that Lord Justice Leveson wisely avoided, Mr Jay said that increasingly imaginative solutions were needed to make dissemination of defamatory content online subject to civil law.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: censorship; controloftheinternet; unitedkingdom
Robert Jay, QC, (Counsel to Leveson Inquiry) admitted that he was entering a hornets' nest in tackling an area that Lord Justice Leveson had "wisely avoided" [Times photographer, Chris Harris]
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:10:10 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
His mother was a hamster, and his sister smells of elderberries!
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:11:58 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
Well there ya go, the answer to world peace
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:13:01 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: SunkenCiv
This is what comes from the premise that man’s rights are granted by the state.
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:13:26 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(TYRANNY: When the people fear the politicians. LIBERTY: When the politicians fear the people.)
To: SunkenCiv
if i said he looks like a scumbag will JimRob get in trouble???
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:13:30 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: SunkenCiv
Does that include New York Times headlines?
-PJ
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:14:16 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: SunkenCiv
islam is a religion of peace.
Sue away.
To: SunkenCiv
Well now you can’t say this guy isn’t a fascist
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:32:25 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: SunkenCiv
Sooooo, who defines whats defamatory ???
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:36:17 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Puppage
anything that offends ME.
bobo
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:53:40 PM PST
by
bobo1
(the KDE plasma desktop is awesome!)
To: SunkenCiv
If this happens it’ll certainly make its way across the pond to America! Where ever the UK goes the West follows!
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:54:15 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: SunkenCiv
Is this a part of ‘Islamization’ (new word) of England by allowing people to sue ISP’s for criticizing Mohammed(Muhammad, however you want to spell it) ?
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:54:37 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
To: bobo1
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:57:42 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:57:44 PM PST
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: Puppage
“who defines what’s defamatory?”
Statutory law will, vaguely. Judges decide what goes to trial and sets rules for the jury to follow in deliberation. Ultimately, though, what qualifies is up to juries.
To: Puppage
Anything that offends the liberal mind.
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posted on
01/21/2013 7:52:18 PM PST
by
daniel1212
(Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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