On commenting in digital space (2)

Posted on October 3, 2007 by bradhinton

Last week I raised the issue about a possible legal claim against the provider of an online discussion forum over comments made within that forum.
Today, the Australian Financial Review reports that in another case, an individual who posted discriminatory comments on an online chat group was liable under the Racial Discrimination Act but that the [...]

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On commenting in digital space

Posted on September 20, 2007 by bradhinton

Last week in Image and Data Manager Online, there was a news report about a company suing the owner of a popular technology online discussion site here in Australia, called Whirlpool.
The report said that an accounting software company, 2Clix, was suing Whirlpool for allowing negative comments about the company’s software to be made on two online threads.
Another [...]

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