CyberLaw: Libel and Suppression

Jonathan Rosenoer asks whether the decision in Shahvar v. Superior Court, 94 C.D.O.S. undermined a rule ensuring unintimidated access to the courts and the free flow of information concerning public disputes.
http://www.cyberlaw.com/cylw1094.html

Defamation and the Internet

Includes background information on the relevant laws, details of notable cases, and analysis of whether system operators are liable for defamatory comments made by on their system.
http://www-cs-education.stanford.edu/classes/cs201/Projects/defamation-and-the-internet/

Defamation in Canadian Cyberspace

Covers defenses against charges of defamation, 'cyberlibel', and the question of liability -- all in the context of Canadian law.
http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/defamation/

Defamation on the Internet

In this paper David F. Sutherland identifies developments respecting the application of defamation law to the Internet.
http://www.adidem.org/articles/DS5.html

Legal Pitfalls in Cyberspace: Defamation on Computer Networks

Paper by Timothy Arnold-Moore which was originally published in the Journal of Law and Information Science.
http://www.mds.rmit.edu.au/law/defame.html

Libel and Defamation in the Information Age

Eric Eden's article concludes with "The reality is that libel and defamation laws are enforceable in the virtual world just like they are in the real world".
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/defamation-in-cyberspace.html

Online Defamation

Archive of decisions and litigation provided by the AOL Legal Department.
http://legal.web.aol.com/decisions/dldefam/

Roger Clarke's 'Defamation on the Web'

Comprehensive analysis of whether the act of placing a document on a web-site constitutes publication in the jurisdictions into which the document is subsequently downloaded.
http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/II/DefWeb01.html

Should Audio-Visual Defamation on the Internet be Treated as Libel or Slander?

Analysis by Zenas Zelotes of the University of Iowa College of Law.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~cyberlaw/cls99/sempaper/zelote416.html

Wired 4.03: Libel Law - Let It Die

Arguing that it might be better if libel laws were abolished.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.03/letitdie.html

Yahoo Groups: Cyberlibel-and-E-mail

Archive and joining information for an e-mail discussion list for persons concerned with libel on the Internet.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CYBERLIBEL-and-EMAIL/

Cyberlibel: Innocent Dissemination on the Internet

Article that discusses defamation on the Internet from a UK perspective.
http://www.spr-consilio.com/cyberlibel.html

Cyberlibel

Includes paper entitled 'Defamation on the Internet', bibliography of selected materials, and relevant news stories.
http://www.cyberlibel.com/cyber.html

The Law of Defamation and the Internet

Recent legal developments, prepared by an Australian barrister.
http://www.mattcollins.com.au/oupupdates.htm

Defamation Havens

Brian Martin's paper claims that "The Net provides an effective means of responding to Net defamation and for publishing material that the mass media are afraid to touch". [First Monday magazine.]
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_3/martin/