Saturday, July 07, 2007

Bloggers, papers, watch your comments

It was inevitable someone was going to get pinged. The Aussie Daily Telegraph settles with some plaintiffs in a defamation action over blog comments. Cost so far: $480k. There but for the grace etc go many...

3 Comments:

Anonymous woppo said...

Couldn't happen to a nicer paper.
That's not actionable, is it?

10:50 PM  
Blogger Rob O'Neill said...

Idon't think so, but you never know. In journalism they reckon its the thing you least expect that will get you sued.

10:16 AM  
Blogger Pommiekiw said...

Let me take this opportunity to say what a marvellous government New Zealand is blessed to have, led by a Goddess of purity, integrity and virtue, whose wisdom holds no bounds for her talents and I am just one of millions of her loyal subjects in awe at her brilliance.

6:42 PM  

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