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Canadian Supreme Court Rules Linking Is Not Defamation 88

omega6, joining the legions of accepted submitters, writes "The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that posting links is not the same as posting the actual content, but more similar to a footnote. 'The top court ruled against former Green party campaign manager Wayne Crookes, who argued that posting links to sites with defamatory statements was the same as publishing the defamatory material.'"
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Canadian Supreme Court Rules Linking Is Not Defamation

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