Peter Machell wrote:
> Sorry to prolong this shit but a few more points. A mailing list is
> not a web site, nor is any content on it accessible in public. In
> order to "expose" anything you'll need to join, and to join this
> private list you except the condition that you won't use the content
> externally. Very, very different to any case dealing with a web site
> or other content available to the public. Would you sue someone who
> said "Have you considered Genie?" in a private phone conversation?
Peter

It is quite clear in Australian law that an email discussion list is a
"public" publication. In fact the precedent involved the Royal
Australian College of General Practitioners which was sued in the early
90s for about a half million dollars for defamatory comments made on one
of its IT list.

David

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