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Godfrey v Demon Internet Ltd

[2001] QB 201; [1999] 4 All ER 342; [1999] EWHC QB 244

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division)

Year1999

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

An internet service provider that transmits or stores a defamatory posting publishes it at common law, and loses the s 1 Defamation Act 1996 'innocent dissemination' defence once notified and it fails to remove the material.

Area of Law

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