The very public court case between an NY Model and an attacking Blogger seemed absurd at first, in part because it rested on the definition of the word "skank." But along the way, it questioned whether an anonymous personal attack on the Internet would fall within protected areas of free speech. The ruling set a legal precedent in New York about what constitutes defamation online. The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Matt Zimmerman explains.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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