In the public relations field we strongly caution against those targeted in
defamatory blog posts from responding to them directly unless warranted by special circumstances, which is why I agree with the statement made by Nied,
In April, a Maine man was sued for allegedly posting
defamatory blog entries in which he criticized an advertising agency's work for the state tourism office.
There are probably millions of actionable
defamatory blog comment posts every day.
I previously covered the Vigna v. Levant decision, where Ezra Levant was ordered to remove
defamatory blog posts against Giacamo Vigna.
Not exact matches
A quick search on our Dr Amy yields some interesting results, including references to her
defamatory remarks about researchers referred to in this
blog.
We expect that
blog contributors do not make
defamatory statements and not infringe copyright or other intellectual property rights.
Ellora's Cave sued Dear Author, claiming that a
blog post was
defamatory.
Others such as Professor Simon Chapman have admitted they «saw a draft» of the
defamatory allegations document, and Infigen Energy's propagandist Ketan Joshi is uncharacteristically silent when challenged by others on various
blog sites about his knowledge and involvement in the production and distribution of this
defamatory document.
It is for this reason that I have not taken action, thus far, against the clearly
defamatory content of various internet
blogs.
However, a moderator removing your non-topical, dishonest,
defamatory statements from the comments section of a
blog is no more «censorship» than removing penis enlargement spam from the comments section would be.
«We are creating a legal defense fund to support litigation, starting immediately, to demand that false and
defamatory material be removed from
blogs and Web sites and publications, and that the true criminals in this case be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.»
You are oftentimes ambiguous, and have made
defamatory accusations against at least one three of the scientists who hosts this
blog.
It seems likely that Canadian courts will evolve a more consistent and reliable framework for assessing
defamatory damages arising out of
blog postings.
The Superior Court of Justice applied Grant v. Torstar in Vigna v. Levant, released on Thursday, where Giacamo Vigna, a lawyer for the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, sued Ezra Levant for allegedly
defamatory postings on his
blog.
The judge rejected Morris» argument that the
defamatory statements were clearly set out in the website postings, holding that «it is not the role of the Court to parse the impugned articles and
blogs... to attempt to determine, by divination or divine inspiration, which statements it should assess in determining whether a prima facie case has been established.»
An English (and Welsh) court has held that Google, as owner of Blogger.com, is not liable for defamation posted to a
blog, even after the subject of the defamation gave notice that the post was
defamatory.
If the publication of the
defamatory statements appears on the Internet, then consider whether the website or
blog has a large viewership.
Finally, Justice Matheson ordered that Levant remove the
defamatory content from his
blog within 15 days, including a proposed plan where only part of the content would be removed.
As the
blog posts in question were deliberately intended to relate to the plaintiff and were publicly disseminated, the focus of the case was whether these posts were
defamatory.
Justice Matheson did not find Levant's
blog as fair and accurate, and the
defamatory comments of being a liar did not directly relate to any judicial or quasi-judicial context.
But Howard Rice points out that if it's not just individuals who face liability; companies may be liable as well if an employee circulates
defamatory content on a corporate
blog or Twitter account.
The judgement against him in Vigna v. Levant, and the related costs decision, has for several years now been the best authority on which
blog content may be
defamatory, and what may not be.
Although he testified about his continuing worries that colleagues and others would see the
blogs and believe their
defamatory imputations, he has achieved some success in his position.
Owen Bird's defamation law team includes leading counsel in the area of online defamation who have particular experience in the removal of
defamatory websites and postings from the Internet, including
blogs and social media websites.
Review your Facebook page or social media postings or
blog or website for past
defamatory comments by yourself or others: a social - media audit may be prudent.
The judge drew a distinction between the 11
blog postings and held that seven of them consisted of material that could either not be classified as
defamatory, were simply jokes, or were clearly «saloon - bar moanings» with just a small amount of personal abuse.
com and on the 28 January she put a «Post» in her
blog Myshingle.Com with her own «spin» of
defamatory content against a different website and it's author.
This situation appears to be distinct from previous claims against bulletin boards, ISPs and
blog hosts that contain
defamatory information or trademark infringement.
He noted that the public conversation nature of the online dialogue between the
blogs and the «removing the sting» were only additional factors on which to conclude the posts were not
defamatory.
Having established that the
blog posts were
defamatory, the burden shifted to the appellant to establish a defence.
This led to several other allegedly
defamatory posts about Shiamili and Ardor in the
blog.