Sentences with phrase «multiple publication rule»
The Government will also consider an intermediate approach which would keep the multiple publication rule but allow online archives a special status so that publication in them could not form the basis of action after a year has passed from initial publication.
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«A possible alternative to the multiple publication rule would be to adopt a single publication rule,» said the consultation.
«The effect of the multiple publication rule in relation to online material is that each «hit» on a webpage creates a new publication, potentially giving rise to a separate cause of action, should it contain defamatory material,» it said.
It would also remove some of the potential obstacles presented to defendants by the multiple publication rule, such as the possibility of having to mount a defence against an old claim,» it said.
The Times newspaper took a case to the European Court of Human Rights arguing that the multiple publication rule was so onerous a burden for newspapers in the internet age that it had a «chilling effect» on their right to free speech, as guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights, which the Court enforces.
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