Re: UKNM: Legal Responsibility of Content

[Ray Taylor]

>You could well be right. I'm no legal-eagle, perhaps someone could

>enlighten us on what would happen if a guest on a TV/radio talk show

>slandered or libeled a 3rd party. Would the broadcaster be liable, or the

>guest, or both?


The guest, the host, the broadcaster, the producer, the cameraman, and any

newspaper that reported the offending words _could_ all be sued.


>I'm not sure a mailing list could constitute a publication as such, in fact

>legal-wise I personally think it would be wrong to consider it a

>publication.


Think what you like. New media has no special privileges in the eyes of the

law. As I said previously, it may be that courts would view email as being

different and more transient than print publications, but on the face of it

email still gives you the opportunity to spread false, malicious, and

defamatory material.


Ray Taylor

NMC/Adplan