Cases

Godfrey v. Demon Internet

May 14, 1999

Canadian Internet Service Providers should take note of a recent British decision which held that an ISP can be held liable for defamation for an anonymous message stored on its newsgroup server despite a law protecting the ISP for innocent dissemination of libel.  In this case the ISP was warned three times about the content without removing it.  The ISP is appealing the ruling. 

See Godfrey v. Demon Internet