CyberLaw: Libel and Suppression: Jonathan Rosenoer asks whether the decision in Shahvar v. Superior Court, 94 C.D.O.S. undermined a rule ensuring unintimidated access to the courts and the free flow of information concerning public disputes.
Cyberlibel: Includes paper entitled 'Defamation on the Internet', bibliography of selected materials, and relevant news stories.
Cyberlibel: Innocent Dissemination on the Internet: Article that discusses defamation on the Internet from a UK perspective.
Defamation and the Internet: Includes background information on the relevant laws, details of notable cases, and analysis of whether system operators are liable for defamatory comments made by on their system.
Defamation Havens: Brian Martin's paper claims that "The Net provides an effective means of responding to Net defamation and for publishing material that the mass media are afraid to touch". [First Monday magazine.]
Defamation in Canadian Cyberspace: Covers defenses against charges of defamation, 'cyberlibel', and the question of liability -- all in the context of Canadian law.
Defamation on the Internet: In this paper David F. Sutherland identifies developments respecting the application of defamation law to the Internet.
Libel and Defamation in the Information Age: Eric Eden's article concludes with "The reality is that libel and defamation laws are enforceable in the virtual world just like they are in the real world".
Online Defamation: Archive of decisions and litigation provided by the AOL Legal Department.
Roger Clarke's 'Defamation on the Web': Comprehensive analysis of whether the act of placing a document on a web-site constitutes publication in the jurisdictions into which the document is subsequently downloaded.
Should Audio-Visual Defamation on the Internet be Treated as Libel or Slander?: Analysis by Zenas Zelotes of the University of Iowa College of Law.
The Law of Defamation and the Internet: Recent legal developments, prepared by an Australian barrister.
Wired 4.03: Libel Law - Let It Die: Arguing that it might be better if libel laws were abolished.
Yahoo Groups: Cyberlibel-and-E-mail: Archive and joining information for an e-mail discussion list for persons concerned with libel on the Internet.