October 28, 2008
Linking to defamation is not defamation
A Canadian court has decided that linking to a defamatory page is not itself an act of defamation. It does leave admit exceptions, such as repeating the content of the defamatory passage or linking the phrase “The truth about Wayne Crookes is found here.”
The chilling effect if the court had decided otherwise would have been positively arctic.
Categories: Uncategorized Tagged with: canada • defamation • digital rights • everythingIsMiscellaneous • hyperlinks • law
