Supreme Court decision removes chill of hyperlink liability, experts say
News | 10/19/2011 9:05 pm EDT
A Supreme Court of Canada decision Wednesday that struck down an appeal to define hyperlinks as publications for the purposes of defamation has “removed an element of uncertainty” for online news producers, legal experts say.
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