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Michael Broadbent
General Info
| Real Name: | Michael Broadbent |
| Member Role: | Author |
| Member Since: | June 30, 2011 | 4:28 am |
Where to contact
| Website: | www.cozen.com/attorney_detail.asp?d=1&atid=1271 |
| E-mail: | mbroadbent@cozen.com |
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October 22, 2011 - In handing down its decision yesterday in Wayne Crookes and West Coast Title Search Ltd. v. Jon Newton, the Supreme Court of Canada struck an important blow for certainty as far as Canadian internet publishers and users are concerned. The case, appealed from the British Columbia Court of Appeal, concerned a website operated by Newton. An article he posted on it contained hyperlinks to other websites, which in turn contained information about Crookes. Crookes sued Newton alleging that two of the hyperlinks connected to defamatory material, and that by using the hyperlinks, Newton was himself “publishing” the defamatory material. Read more...
June 2011 Cyber Column
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