[Foundation-l] Canadia Supreme Court Finds in Favour of Hyperlinker

[Risker]

Today, the Canadian Supreme Court found that an online writer who used
external hyperlinks could not be held liable for the contents of the
hyperlinked materials:

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1072362--supreme-court-ruling-big-victory-for-internet-freedom?bn=1

 Justice Rosalie Abella, who wrote the majority opinion, said,  “Only when a
hyperlinker presents content from the hyperlinked material in a way that
actually repeats the defamatory content, should that content be considered
‘published’ by the hyperlinker.”[1]

It is reassuring to see the Canadian Court supporting this particular
principle, one on which the Wikimedia projects are heavily dependent.  It
does, however, identify a boundary (repeating defamatory content) that bears
some watching.



Risker

[1]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hyperlinking-doesnt-constitute-defamation-supreme-court-rules/article2206256/