Geordie wrote:We have to be careful when we post these kinds of threads as they leave both the poster and RL Fans open to either Slander or Liable, I can't remember which is which.
There are two forms of defamation: libel and slander. Libel is committed by publishing a defamatory statement in permanent form, while slander covers defamatory statements in transient forms, such as unrecorded speech. Defamation actions against the media almost always concern libel, which covers defamatory statements which are made in the following ways;
Printed
Broadcast on TV or radio (Broadcasting Act 1990)
In film or on videos
On the Internet
Made during a public performance of a play (Theatres Act 1968)
(Quinn, P170, 2007)
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