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.
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. (October 2, 2001)
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.] (February 25, 2000)
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". (April 1, 1995)