Usenet and the Law.

Adam Rifkin (adam@cs.caltech.edu)
Mon, 10 Jun 1996 00:48:26 -0700 (PDT)


[Rajit, you can ignore this one. -- Adam. :]

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~nlawwww/articles1/auburn1.html

In Rindos v Hardwick (1994) the Western Australia Supreme Court awarded
damages for defamation arising out of an item in a newsgroup published
on the Internet. This comment examines the decision and considers its
wider implications both for users of the Internet and service providers
on the Internet.

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While you struggle with that computer, I'm naked, clueless, and
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