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Canadian law on hyperlinks

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  • 20-10-2011 3:45pm
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    Carlow52
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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15374238

    Interesting judgement
    he Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously ruled that online publications cannot be found liable for linking to defamatory material.
    Post edited by Shield on


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    El Weirdo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Great news for boards.ca.

    Edit: Also
    The website did not reproduce any of the disputed material, nor make any comment about it, a crucial distinction of the case.

    So even if it did apply here, it wouldn't be much use to a site that pretty much exists to discuss things.


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