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October 22, 2011 04:00 pm PDT

Canada's Supreme Court: Linking isn't libel

The Canadian Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that linking does not constitute libel, arguing that subjecting linkers to the same libel risks as publishers would cause the Web to collapse. This reverses earlier, free-speech-chilling decisions by lower Canadian courts and is a watershed for Internet freedom in Canada. "The court recognises that simply posting a [...]


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