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9 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 897 (2006-2007)
Cyber-Libeling the Glitterati: Protecting the First Amendment for Internet Speech

handle is hein.journals/vanep9 and id is 905 raw text is: Cyber-Libeling the Glitterati: Protecting the First Amendment for Internet Speech 1. BACKGROU ND .............................................................................. 900 A. Defamation Law in the United States ................................ 900 1. American Common Law: Strict Liability ...................... 901 2. American Law Today: New York Times v. Sullivan and its Progeny ............................................................... 902 B. Defamation Law in Australia ............................................. 904 1. Australian Common Law ............................................... 905 2. Australian Defense of Privilege: Theophanous v. Herald & Times Weekly .................................................. 905 3. Australian Law Today: Lange v. Australian Broadcasting Corporation .............................................. 906 C. Cyber-Libel: Defamation and the Internet .......................... 907 1. American Choice of Law ............................................. 908 2. Australian Choice of Law: Dow Jones & Co. v. G u tnick ............................................................................ 908 3. Im plications of Gutnick .................................................. 909 II. D ISCU SSION ................................................................................. 910 A. Theoretical Proposals for Change ......................................... 911 1. Eliminate Internet Defamation ..................................... 911 2. Create an Independent Internet Law ............................ 912 3. Abandon the Gutnick Standard ..................................... 913 a. Location of Servers Standard ................................ 913 b. Minimum Contacts Standard ............................... 914 c. Situs of Harm Standard ........................................ 915 4. Dispute Resolution in an International Arbitration F oru m .............................................................................. 9 17 B. Practical Solutions for Protection from Liability ............... 918 1. Silencing Speech ............................................................. 918 2. Education in Lowest-Common Denominator Law ........ 918 3. Declaratory Judgm ents .................................................. 919 a. Declaratory Relief Following a Foreign Judgment. 920 b. Declaratory Relief before a Foreign Judgment ....... 921 4. Internet Protocol Filtering ............................................. 923 III. C ON CLU SION ............................................................................... 924 897

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