16-06-2004, 20:49
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Re: NTL customers breaking the law
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Under English Law, an Internet Service Provider is not held as the publisher of defamatory material providing it satisfies two legal benchmarks. First, the ISP must prove it took reasonable care to ensure such material was not published. Second, once alerted to a problem, the ISP must take steps to resolve it.
Godfrey proved that he asked Demon to remove the message but that the ISP refused to take action. The message was eventually copied to its servers and distributed around the world in newsgroups.
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That case was defamatory remarks directed at one person. We do not allow personal attacks on our members and will normally remove them before even being asked.
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