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THUS welcomes the Law Commission's call for a review of how the Defamation Law affects the Internet.

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| December 18, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2009 Normans Media Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Today the Law Commission published a preliminary investigation into the problems caused by defamation law for online publishers, Internet service providers (ISPs) and their customers. Having experienced these problems first-hand in 1999 when its ISP brand Demon faced a defamation case centred on a Usenet article that it hosted, THUS has welcomed the Law Commission's call for a full review of the law.

Mark Gracey, Internet Content Regulation Manager at THUS and member…

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