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To: dantecristo who wrote (5180)10/1/2003 7:11:53 PM
From: John Sladek  Read Replies (1) of 12465
 
Dante, By the same token, someone could take a photograph of the scrolling text on CNN, print it, and thereby make a fixed representation of it.

Eisenberg questioned whether the verdict should be overturned because the case should have been slander, not libel. By posting messages on the Internet, in a forum that is not permanent, Delfino and Day could not be accused of libel because they were not creating a “fixed representation to the eye,” he argued.

The panel voiced serious doubts about that argument too. “If I press print, they would become libel,” Elia said. “I can’t see the distinction.”
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