Posted by Dinah on August 22, 2003, at 1:28:01
In reply to The Lawyer Weighs In on Defamation Claims, posted by Susan J on August 21, 2003, at 12:50:10
> The emphasis has to be on the injury it causes to the defamed person's GOOD REPUTATION. Defamation would only occur at this site if words tended to lower an individual's reputation within this community. I don't think it's applicable here.
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I don't see why it wouldn't be? Granted it's an anonymous forum, but it is a public one. And a community in its own right. Moreover, people have in the past been recognized from the content of their posts in real life, so there would be a real life community reputation to protect as well.Although I will grant that it's not relevant to the civility standards. The civility standards are applied by Dr. Bob so as to protect all, whatever their reputations.
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