12 fevereiro 2004

VITAMEDIAS

Atenção blogues de Portugal: Web publishers could be liable for libel Europe-wide: A draft European Union (EU) law could subject web publishers to defamation laws in any EU country where their work is downloaded, says campaign group Article 19. [...]
Article 19 claims that the regulation does not sufficiently recognise the unique issues of web publishing; that internet publishers should not be held accountable by defamation-related laws in countries outside where they work and publish. Unlike print and broadcast media, argues the group, web publishers have little control over the distribution of their work once it is published online.