Electronic publishing and its impact on the law of defamation

Abstract

The onslaught of electronic publishing is heralded with open arms. It provides opportunities for publishers/would be publishers, and writers/would be writers to publish over the many different electronic information systems available. Electronic publishing, however, faces the same problem as its print and broadcast media counterparts; defamation law suits. But unlike the print and broadcast media, the law of defamation within the context of electronic publishing is still in its infancy.