re: ALERT: KEEP FREE AND OPEN SPEECH ON NET [ as you can see I have an opinion on this .. djf]

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

from a reader of Interesting People:


"This raises an interesting question.  How large does your mailing list
have to be before you may be subject to libel laws--10, 100, 1000.


Since I would argue that a libelous comment on the Net can be even more
damaging that a similar comment in a newspaper, I would support extension
of libel laws to cyberspace--but only for "publishers".  But how to
define that term?"