COMM 2501 Lecture Notes - Torstar, No Malice, George Radwanski
6 May 2012
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Class 5 & 6 february 3rd the plaintiff"s case. Can"t libel large groups or classes of people. Publications don"t just mean the conventional media also connects about all kinds of social media, internet publications when talking about defamatory and putting down someone"s reputation. Identification isn"t always as simple as it sounds because it can cause a lot of serious problems if the identity is rushed. Only the person who has been libeled can sue. If a group of people want to sue for libel, each and every single one of those people ,must be libeled, if so then each of those individuals can sue. That is why it does not fall under the ontario class proceedings act because there is no specific identification in a larger group. Not only interested in the words said but who the words are directed against, also the context of the publication, how the meaning of words change over time in different social context.
