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- Arnold B. Bowker, John A. Joslin and the Carib Inn v. America Online, Inc. - Carib Inn, a Caribbean resort, claims it was defamed when an America Online user reported that her diving instructor was "stoned" during her dive at the resort.
www.courttv.com/legaldocs/cyberlaw/aoldefamation.html
- David Rindos v. Gilbert John Hardwick - In 1994 David Rindos won a $40,000 judgment in an Australian court against fellow anthropologist Gilbert Hardwick for comments posted on a global academic network.
www.jmls.edu/cyber/cases/rindos.html
- Laurence Godfrey v. Demon Internet Limited - Analysis of the case involving the first judicial decision within England and Wales which concerns a defamatory statement made via e-mail through an Internet Usenet discussion group.
www.nic.uk/news/legal/demon-case.html
- Sidney Blumenthal and Jacqueline Jordan Blumenthal v. Drudge and American Online, Inc. - Sidney Blumenthal, a White House Assistant, sued Matt Drudge, publisher of The Drudge Report, and AOL, a business partner, over a statement published in The Drudge Report which alleged that Blumenthal abused his spouse.
www.epic.org/free_speech/blumenthal_v_drudge.html
- Stratton Oakmonth Inc. and Daniel Prush v. Prodigy Services Company et al. - In 1994 an unknown user of the Prodigy "Money Talk" bulletin board posted a message which accused the plaintiffs of criminal dishonesty. The plaintiff sued Prodigy for libel.
www.cpsr.org/cpsr/free_speech/so_v_prodigy_1995.txt
- Zeran v. America On-Line, Inc. - Kenneth Zeran brought this action against America Online, Inc. ("AOL"), arguing that AOL unreasonably delayed in removing defamatory messages posted by an unidentified third party, refused to post retractions of those messages, and failed to screen for similar postings thereafter.
www.netlitigation.com/netlitigation/cases/zeran.htm
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