Re: UKNM: Just35.com - what do you think?

[Ben Rooney]

At 09:19 AM 7/20/00 +0100, you wrote:


>Don't know if Marcel Berlins is on this list, but I seem to remember

>(probably inaccurately) that libel kicked in when TheSite's standing was

>lowered "in the eyes of their peers" or "caused to be made ridicule of"

>-  which in this case seems quite likely ;-)

>

>Any journalists want to clarify the legal position?

>

>Best,

>Dug


er... me.

(ex-editor of The Daily Telegraph`s Connected section and Electronic

Telegraph). Never had a successful libel action taken against me ... mind

you had to apologise once in print (ooops).


Should TheSite wish to (and I would so NOT recommend it) they might be able

to pursue a case. But what would be the point? Libel is a mucky business and

most cases end up with no one coming out on top.


There is a perception that the Net is some kind of libel-free zone. Dr

Laurence Godfrey (v Demon Internet amongst others) has pretty well scotched

that one.


I can`t actually remember chapter and verse on libel, but my phrasing was a

paraphrase of the act.


You have been warned ... Will UKNM now become the Hello! of email groups?


Ben



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