Re: Yet another Sydney derailment

["Nobody" <dweebken@NOSPAM.yahoo.com>]

Not necessarily. Saying something you shouldnt have said can be illegal in
most cases. In this case, if the affected person found out about the
defamation, he could contact  police, who would then trace the server of the
poster and charge him with libel (printing or recording a defamatory
article). Particularly if it harms him.

Brendan

"Dave Proctor" <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> C. Dewick wrote in message <85n4d6$iue$1@lios.apana.org.au>...
> >In <85is05$809$1@news1.mpx.com.au> "Dave Proctor"
> <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au> writes:
> >
> >>>Regardless of someone's employment record, mentioning a staff member's
> name
> >>>in the context you have is, I believe, quite illegal,
> >
> >>Under which law? And you quoted his name as well in your reply. Don't
get
> me
> >>wrong, I think it was wrong to post his name, but nothing illegal about
> it.
> >
> >Yes, but I did not mention his name in the first instance.
>
> It does not matter. Media organisations are often sued for repeating what
> someone has said, even if they play a recording of what was said. You are
> just as liable for repeating it.
>
> >The poster has defamed the character of the driver by making comments
which
> >he shouldn't have made.
>
> And that is not illegal under criminal law. It could be argued that it was
> tortios (tort = civil wrong) but that does not make it illegal.
>
> Dave
>
>