On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:19:14 +0200 Laura Creighton <l...@openend.se> wrote:
> One thing to recall is that 'who/what can be defamed' > varies a lot. In Sweden you cannot defame a corporation. The > defamation regulations in the Penal Code only apply to private > individuals. If you cannot bleed, you cannot be defamed. In certain > situations the Swedish Marketing Act may be used to stop defamation of > a corporate entity -- if a rival has, without basis, tainted a rival's > reputation -- but this sort of protection is limited. This makes > Sweden an attractive place to discuss Mosanto, and their evil > practices, even though, like a lot of places Sweden's defamation > law does not have a clause saying roughly 'if it is true, it isn't > defamation'. Just 'intent to villify' is enough. > > Laura Corporations also cannot be defamed here in Australia, but truth is a complete defence. On the other hand, intent is irrelevant. This has the unfortunate consequence that by mocking a fictional character you run the risk of defaming a real person who happens to have the same name, or even similar characteristics, even if you have never heard of them. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
