Thursday, December 22, 2005

Juniper Sues Light Reading Message Boarders

Plaintiff is seeking $670 million for Internet defamation in which an Internet firm claimed that posts on a Yahoo message board caused its stock to drop. These persons, referred to as "Does 1-10" in the court complaint are being accused by Juniper of posting harmful statements about the company and its executives on Light Reading's message boards.

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Vandals have attacked Wikipedia site in an attempt to further damage the sites reputation. Althougha a team set up by the site have since cleaned the content of more potential liable content.

An example of a search for the term 'Wikipedia' revealed the one-line entry: "An encyclopedia full of crap."

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The comments made by dotWORLD about Googles "libel checking" has come under fire, believing the idea of a lawsuit against a search engine in ridiculous.

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Monday, December 19, 2005

According to dotWORLDS, Google are failing to tackle defamation across their search engines. However, with the protection of American Law and the First Ammendment, this will prove a huge obstacle to overcome if a case was to be brought to court.

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Thursday, December 15, 2005

Lance Armstrong will go on trial for defamation next year after fellow rider Filippo Simeoni read a defaming article in the French newspaper Le Monde, which accused him of being a liar. Simeoni had read the interview in Italy via the internet opening up a debate to where the trial will be held.

Armstrong's lawyer Enrico Nan said he would fight the location of the trial.

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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales speaks out on the recent prank on his site in attempt win back the credibility of Wikipedia as some users turn away.

A Group based in Long Beach, N.Y., announced it would pursue a class action against the site to represent those "who believe that they have been defamed or who have been the subject of anonymous and malicious postings to the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia."


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Tuesday, December 13, 2005

In the aftemath of the Wikipedia prank, could this be an eye opener to the world regarding internet defamation?

The NY Daily suggests "Seigenthaler's case marks a turning point in the information revolution"

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Sunday, December 11, 2005

Wikipedia prankster has confessed to the writing of the material suggesting Seigenthaler had been involved in the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy.

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