Peats

[Joshuatheeel]

well there was this http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...isgraceful-online-rumours-20110529-1fay8.html

the rumour was started by a radio dj on twitter

normally rumours from the DJ woud be ok but not the one that he posted on that occasion

They never sued, most likely as they were given advice they wouldn't be successful.

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.holdingredlich.com/media...ations/legal-liability-surrounding-hyperlinks

Can linking give rise to liability for defamation?

An action for defamation can be brought against the original publisher as well as anyone who is involved in publishing, re-publishing or distributing the defamatory material.

Even though the case law is not definitive, a website which links to a web page publishing defamatory material may give rise to a claim for defamation. This is because a hyperlink may be interpreted as directing users to defamatory content which is sufficient to amount to publication of that defamatory material. This can be likened to the classic example of a person sitting beside a defamatory poster on the road and pointing to it whenever someone passes, which was held to amount to defamation.

Conversely, in Metropolitan v Google a link to defamatory material generated by an automated search engine system without any direct human involvement was not sufficient to amount to publication of defamatory material.

 

[The Elephant In The room]

it depends what the rumour is about, some rumours are defamatory/libel and some are not

If some one posted "Sandow is a great player" although its hogwash, its not defamatory

what some of you guys dont seem to understand, what we do, we do for the benefit and survival of LU

some of you guys seem to think we delete your posts just to piss you off so you and bitch and moan about mods

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Think of it this way mate. If I set up a webpage, on which I falsely accused you of doing really bad stuff. Then I came on here, and posted a link to that site, and maybe described the general nature of the unsubstantiated allegations, how happy would you be? Do you think that only the external webpage should be taken down?

I agree that this site should delete those type of rumours/posts, but what about rumours sourced to larger organisations like SMH, telecrap, sportal, fox, RL week ?

 

[El Diablo]

I agree that this site should delete those type of rumours/posts, but what about rumours sourced to larger organisations like SMH, telecrap, sportal, fox, RL week ?

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showpost.php?p=9962381&postcount=278

 

[Joshuatheeel]

what some of you guys dont seem to understand, what we do, we do for the benefit and survival of LU

some of you guys seem to think we delete your posts just to piss you off so you and bitch and moan about mods

Na you guys do a good job, some other sites have so much crap/fighting between posters.

 

[Daneel]

it depends what the rumour is about, some rumours are defamatory/libel and some are not

If some one posted "Sandow is a great player" although its hogwash, its not defamatory

what some of you guys dont seem to understand, what we do, we do for the benefit and survival of LU

some of you guys seem to think we delete your posts just to piss you off so you and bitch and moan about mods

Not trying to be a smart ass here twiz but if someone says for eg, Jarryd Hayne is a crap player is that not defamatory? I fully understand why certain posts get deleted other ones sometimes leave me a little confused. I once had a post deleted for being off topic to the thread it was in, but i see off topic posts all the time. Im sure there was a genuine reason for it but like i said sometimes its a little confusing.

I will say i understand a little better now about unsubstantiated rumours not being allowed to be posted, i use to be bemused at hearing that knowing that as far as signing players this happened all the time, but now realise its not so much rumours that are the problem for the site but defamatory ones that cause the problem.

All in all i think the mods do a good job here there has been once or twice quite a while ago where i felt they have been throwing their weight around unnecessarily but am certainly prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt. Keep up the good work.

 

[Daneel]

Not trying to be a smart ass here twiz but if someone says for eg, Jarryd Hayne is a crap player is that not defamatory? I fully understand why certain posts get deleted other ones sometimes leave me a little confused. I once had a post deleted for being off topic to the thread it was in, but i see off topic posts all the time. Im sure there was a genuine reason for it but like i said sometimes its a little confusing.

I will say i understand a little better now about unsubstantiated rumours not being allowed to be posted, i use to be bemused at hearing that knowing that as far as signing players this happened all the time, but now realise its not so much rumours that are the problem for the site but defamatory ones that cause the problem.

All in all i think the mods do a good job here there has been once or twice quite a while ago where i felt they have been throwing their weight around unnecessarily but am certainly prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt. Keep up the good work.

Scratch that first question twiz. It is obvious to me now that it is opinion based wether someone is a good player or not, where as saying player a meets player b for some glory hole fun at their local is not an opinion but either fact or fiction, and without proof would leave you open for being sued.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Which two players are you talking about mate?

 

[Daneel]

Which two players are you talking about mate?

Actually i was talking about two forumites but used the word players so as not to offend you i mean the 2 people involved. :lol:

 

[Poupou Escobar]

lol I'm a homo!

 

[Maroubra Eel]

I'm not but my boyfriend is.

 

[Daneel]

lol I'm a homo!

Thats unsubstantiated rumour Pou, dont believe everything you read.

 

[Twizzle]

Not trying to be a smart ass here twiz but if someone says for eg, Jarryd Hayne is a crap player is that not defamatory?.

No, that would be an opinion which we would not deem to be defamatory

Its easy for us to see the difference because we do this all the time and some posters think or accuse us of being inconsistent because we delete their post and not some one else's

We can see the difference but some members cant, which is obviously why you asked the question

 

[Daneel]

No, that would be an opinion which we would not deem to be defamatory

Its easy for us to see the difference because we do this all the time and some posters think or accuse us of being inconsistent because we delete their post and not some one else's

We can see the difference but some members cant, which is obviously why you asked the question

Yeah as i said as soon as i posted that and read it back i could see the difference, but yes i did ask just to get some sort of an understanding when really the answer was there all along if i bothered to think hard enough about it.

 

[lingard]

Well, Peats will be a big loss. But if Arthur can design tactics to contain Mitchell Pearce (which means compensating for the loss of Peats' defensive input) we'll beat the Roosters on Saturday. I'm pretty confident. Look for Corey Norman to play a big game in attack.

 

[The EELiminator]

against the bunnies the roosters died in the arse in the 2nd half if we are still in the contest by that stage we can make a game of it we need to get off to a good start though

 

[Poupou Escobar]

No, that would be an opinion which we would not deem to be defamatory

Its easy for us to see the difference because we do this all the time and some posters think or accuse us of being inconsistent because we delete their post and not some one else's

We can see the difference but some members cant, which is obviously why you asked the question

I've posted stuff about NRL players that I know was true for sure because I was an eye witness, and it's been deleted.

 

[The Phelan Folly]

So what then if i came on here and stated that i know for a fact that El D is a well known jizz guzzler who enjoys being weed upon by hairy trannies whilst wearing a batman suit? Would i then be open to a libel suit from El D? Would the site be open as well?

 

[El Diablo]

still butt hurt over your posts being deleted

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