Laurence Godfrey (physics lecturer)
- Laurence Godfrey (physics lecturer)
Dr. Laurence Godfrey (born 21 November 1952, London, England) established a legal precedent for libel on Usenet, in the landmark Godfrey v. Demon case.
In 1993 he and CERN colleague Phillip Hallam-Baker became immersed in a very public dispute on Usenet, which culminated in a libel action (settled out of court in Godfrey's favour).
Godfrey was a regular and controversial contributor to the Usenet newsgroups, 'soc.culture.british' and 'soc.culture.canada'.
He launched a series of court cases including Godfrey v. Demon. Godfrey has used Britain's strict libel laws to bring successful libel actions, suing in British courts a number of organizations based in other countries, including Cornell University and the University of Minnesota. [cite news
author=Jill Priluck
title=Free Speech, But Whose?
url=http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1998/07/13467
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date=1998-06-07
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Libel Cases
* 1995, Godfrey v. Hallam-Baker
* 1997, Godfrey v. Demon Internet
* 1998, Godfrey v. Cornell University/Dolenga
* 1998, Godfrey v. University of Minnesota/Starnet/Quanchairut
* 1998, Godfrey v. Melbourne PC Users Group
* (unknown) Godfrey v. New Zealand TeleCom
* (unknown) Godfrey v. Toronto Star
Quotes
"I am happy with the settlement. I don't think there is a right, in fact I'm quite sure there's no right, to libel other people on the Internet, to concoct fabricated allegations and try to destroy people's reputations." [cite news
author=Linda Harrison
title=Demon coughs up damages in Godfrey libel case
url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/03/30/demon_coughs_up_damages/
publisher=The Register
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date=2000-03-30
accessdate=2008-05-17]
References
External links
* [http://partners.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/06/cyber/cyberlaw/05law.html Cornell University & Minnesota cases] story from 1998
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