Bloggers being sued in Canada

Thursday, 14 June 2007

Bloggers being sued in Canada

Michael Geist observes a trend in Canada:

The number of Canadian lawsuits arising from blog postings is on the rise - the Montreal Gazette covers a mushrooming defamation lawsuit launched against Zeke's Gallery, a Montreal art gallery who maintains a blog, while the Ottawa Citizen has coverage of Steelback Brewery's Frank D'Angelo's suit against an Ottawa blogger.

Read it here.

14/06/2007 7:12:00 AM | Blogs, Defamation, Internet, Media

1 Comment

Howdy!

Mushrooming is a conservative way of describing it. Personally I prefer the term "exponentially exploding." On the flip side, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. If you would like more details, please feel free to email me.

Posted by: Zeke | Thursday, 14 June 2007 at 10:28 AM

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