On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 04:25:34PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Branden mentioned: > >In the U.K., truth is not a defense to libel. It's my understanding > >that it *is* a defense in the U.S. > > In fact, I believe the burden of proof in the US is on the plaintiff to > *prove* that the alleged 'libel' is false. > > >So, when an American sues for libel in the U.K., it's a smoking gun > >that the "libellous" statements are in fact true. > > Hrrrm? When an American sues in the UK? A smoking gun for whose side? Make up your own mind... http://daily.nysun.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:ArticleToMail&Type=text/html&Path=NYS/2003/03/12&ID=Ar00200 -- G. Branden Robinson | Don't use nuclear weapons to Debian GNU/Linux | troubleshoot faults. branden@debian.org | -- US Air Force Instruction 91-111 http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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