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Canadian Supreme Court Rules Linking Is Not Defamation

Posted by Unknown on from the keep-those-anchors-polite dept.

omega6, joining the legions of accepted submitters, writes "The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that posting links is not the same as posting the actual content, but more similar to a footnote. 'The top court ruled against former Green party campaign manager Wayne Crookes, who argued that posting links to sites with defamatory statements was the same as publishing the defamatory material.'"

2 of 88 comments (clear)

  1. Finally some sense. by sherriw · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hopefully this extends to the fact that linking to pirated content is not piracy.

  2. What about IFRAMEs and linked images? by mdmkolbe · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Technically IFRAME and IMG are just links, but would they qualify as a more affirmative action and thus constitute defamation under this ruling?