Re: UKNM: Libel (was Lastminute.com...website or webhype?)

[Dan Winchester]

 > I hope you have good libel insurance :-)


I wonder what the libel situation is here? Can the 'publisher' be held

liable for any (libelous) remarks posted in an open forum? And would a

web-based forum be different from a newsgroup?


I know demon was taken to court over a newsgroup posting, but I can't

remember the outcome...


John Enser wrote:


 > I hope you have good libel insurance :-)

 >

 >

>>> Dan Winchester <danfreelancers [dot] net>

 > 5/January/2000 04:20pm >>>

 >   > Customer Service is the key word for 'net

 > commerce in 2000

 >

 > That or fulfillment...

 >

 > I've created a forum on UKShopSearch.com that

 > allows you to [complain

 > about/comment on/compliment] any online shop

 > you have had experiences

 > with, the idea being to then feed those experiences

 > back to other

 > shoppers by tying the message into the relevent

 > shop's listing.

 >

 > I've only had one post so far, so all contributions

 > and feedback about

 > the idea are welcome...

 >

 > http://www.ukshopsearch.com

 > http://www.ukshopsearch.com/messages.html

 >

 > Dan

 > http://dan.freelancers.net

 >

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