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Law of defamation

By Maanit Zemel | 2 Minutes Read December 13, 2010

To hyperlink or not to hyperlink – That is the question

This week, the Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments on a question that is unique to Canadian law: if you place a hyperlink in your website or blog, and that hyperlink leads to a website that contains defamatory statements about another person, are you liable to that person for defamation?

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