IP: Court: Online Scribes Protected

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Court: Online Scribes Protected
>
> By Mark K. Anderson
> 2:00 a.m. Dec. 11, 2001 PST
>
> Online journalism is the same as print, radio and TV news when it
> comes to free-press protections against charges of libel.
>
> That's the decision of the New York State Supreme Court in the widely
> watched case of the National Bank of Mexico against Narconews.com.
>
> The court ruled that online journalists reporting on matters of
> public importance, like their colleagues in other media, can only be
> found guilty of libel if their actions are deemed malicious.
>
> ...
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48996,00.html

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