Electronic publishing and its impact on the law of defamation

The onslaught of electronic publishing is heralded with open arms. It provides opportunities for publishers/would be publishers, and writers/would be writers to publish over the many different electronic information systems available. Electronic publishing, however, faces the same problem as its pri...

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Main Author: Tan, Thomas Yew Chai.
Other Authors: Cave, Roderick
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20469
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:The onslaught of electronic publishing is heralded with open arms. It provides opportunities for publishers/would be publishers, and writers/would be writers to publish over the many different electronic information systems available. Electronic publishing, however, faces the same problem as its print and broadcast media counterparts; defamation law suits. But unlike the print and broadcast media, the law of defamation within the context of electronic publishing is still in its infancy.