Today, the Canadian Supreme Court found that an online writer who used external hyperlinks could not be held liable for the contents of the hyperlinked materials:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1072362--supreme-court-ruling-big-victory-for-internet-freedom?bn=1 Justice Rosalie Abella, who wrote the majority opinion, said, “Only when a hyperlinker presents content from the hyperlinked material in a way that actually repeats the defamatory content, should that content be considered ‘published’ by the hyperlinker.”[1] It is reassuring to see the Canadian Court supporting this particular principle, one on which the Wikimedia projects are heavily dependent. It does, however, identify a boundary (repeating defamatory content) that bears some watching. Risker [1] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hyperlinking-doesnt-constitute-defamation-supreme-court-rules/article2206256/ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
