Stevertigo wrote:
Sean wrote:
Dan wrote:
According to the constitution of the united states, libel should be solved out of the courts simply by notifying everyone of the incorrect information.
Oh, really? Which article would that be?
The idea I think Dan is getting at is 'good faith' - If a good faith effort isnt made to deal with the issue.. vis a vis.. a retraction, etc... then a judge is likely to view the issue as beneath the court.
IANAL, but this sounds correct to me. However, such court practices would derive from case law; I'm sure that the US Constitution says nothing directly about it. (That said, the 1st Amendment may be seen as lending support for it, and a court might cite the spirit of that amendment in a decision.)
So the idea is probably right, it's just not clear-cut in the consitution's text.
-- Toby