| rdfs:comment | - The test for defamation (our term for libel) is similar to the UK’s test and the dangers are just as real. The purpose of defamation law is to protect integrity and reputation. In the context of our Bill of Rights and the right to freedom of expression that is enshrined in the Bill of Rights we find that: The law of defamation lies at the intersection of the freedom of speech and the protection of human dignity, both rights protected by the Bill of Rights (See the case of Khumalo v Holomisa 2002 (5) SA 401 (CC) - this quote is from the Bill of Rights Handbook by Iain Currie and Johan de Waal)
- Defamation is spoken communication of a false statement that harms the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation. Libel is the written version of that tort.Truth is a defense against defamation and libel.
- Legally, defamation was any false statement(s) that had the potential to harm an individual's reputation. "Slander" was the term for a spoken statement of this nature, while the term "libel" referred to a written one.
- The art of ruining someone's good name by spreading untruths is defamation. Sometimes, the things fangirls and badficcers make canon characters say and do can ruin the reputations of those characters. For example, bashing is the purposeful smearing of a character's image... often done simply because the badficcer simply doesn't like a character. On the other hand, many writers achieve this effect unintentionally: with bad story decisions, unfortunate implications, and bad characterization that really should embarrass everyone involved.
- Defamation—also called calumny, vilification, traducement, slander (for transitory statements), and libel (for written, broadcast, or otherwise published words)—is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation a negative or inferior image. This can be also any disparaging statement made by one person about another, which is communicated or published, whether true or false, depending on legal state. In common law it is usually a requirement that this claim be false and that the publication is communicated to someone other than the person defamed (the claimant).
- The art of ruining someone's good name by spreading untruths is defamation. Sometimes, the things fangirls and fanwriters make canon characters say and do can ruin the reputations of those characters. For example, bashing is the purposeful smearing of a character's image... often done simply because the writer unintentionally: with poor story decisions, unfortunate implications, and bad characterization that really should embarrass everyone involved.
- Defamation is the intentional communication of a falsehood about a person, to someone other than that person, that injures the person’s reputation. Libel is written defamation; slander is oral defamation. Online defamation is generally considered to be libel.
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| abstract | - The art of ruining someone's good name by spreading untruths is defamation. Sometimes, the things fangirls and fanwriters make canon characters say and do can ruin the reputations of those characters. For example, bashing is the purposeful smearing of a character's image... often done simply because the writer unintentionally: with poor story decisions, unfortunate implications, and bad characterization that really should embarrass everyone involved. Defamation can happen in-fic as mentioned above, or even on a wider scale outside of the fic. A good amount of canon damage occurs when a character is mischaracterized so often that the fandom or outside readers begin to revile or dismiss a character based on the uncanonical, damaging portrayal. Because fanfiction is written, defamation in fanfic should be considered libel. If such aspersions are spoken, they are slander. Other related words are calumny and vilification. These are similarly bad things; It is not nice to do these.
- The test for defamation (our term for libel) is similar to the UK’s test and the dangers are just as real. The purpose of defamation law is to protect integrity and reputation. In the context of our Bill of Rights and the right to freedom of expression that is enshrined in the Bill of Rights we find that: The law of defamation lies at the intersection of the freedom of speech and the protection of human dignity, both rights protected by the Bill of Rights (See the case of Khumalo v Holomisa 2002 (5) SA 401 (CC) - this quote is from the Bill of Rights Handbook by Iain Currie and Johan de Waal) The determination of whether comments are defamatory will involve a weighing up of the rights to freedom of expression and to dignity and, in the case of the media, freedom of the press.
- The art of ruining someone's good name by spreading untruths is defamation. Sometimes, the things fangirls and badficcers make canon characters say and do can ruin the reputations of those characters. For example, bashing is the purposeful smearing of a character's image... often done simply because the badficcer simply doesn't like a character. On the other hand, many writers achieve this effect unintentionally: with bad story decisions, unfortunate implications, and bad characterization that really should embarrass everyone involved. Defamation can happen in-fic as mentioned above, or even on a wider scale outside of the fic. A good amount of canon damage occurs when a character is mischaracterized so often that the fandom or outside readers begin to revile or dismiss a character based on the uncanonical, damaging portrayal. Because fanfiction is written, defamation in fanfic should be considered libel. If such aspersions are spoken, they are slander. Other related words are calumny and vilification. These are similarly bad things. It is not nice to do these. Slander, libel, defamation, calumny and vilification are all charges, and good, sonorous words to use in your exorcism.
- Defamation—also called calumny, vilification, traducement, slander (for transitory statements), and libel (for written, broadcast, or otherwise published words)—is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation a negative or inferior image. This can be also any disparaging statement made by one person about another, which is communicated or published, whether true or false, depending on legal state. In common law it is usually a requirement that this claim be false and that the publication is communicated to someone other than the person defamed (the claimant). In common law jurisdictions, slander refers to a malicious, false, and defamatory spoken statement or report, while libel refers to any other form of communication such as written words or images. Most jurisdictions allow legal actions, civil and/or criminal, to deter various kinds of defamation and retaliate against groundless criticism. Related to defamation is public disclosure of private facts, which arises where one person reveals information that is not of public concern, and the release of which would offend a reasonable person. "Unlike [with] libel, truth is not a defense for invasion of privacy." False light laws are "intended primarily to protect the plaintiff's mental or emotional well-being." If a publication of information is false, then a tort of defamation might have occurred. If that communication is not technically false but is still misleading, then a tort of false light might have occurred. In some civil law jurisdictions, defamation is dealt with as a crime rather than a civil wrong (termed a public-law delict in civil-law systems). The United Nations Commission on Human Rights ruled in 2012 that the criminalization of libel violates Freedom of expression and is inconsistent with Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. A person who harms another's reputation may be referred to as a "famacide", "defamer", or "slanderer". The Latin phrase famosus libellus means a libelous writing.
- Defamation is spoken communication of a false statement that harms the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation. Libel is the written version of that tort.Truth is a defense against defamation and libel. For example, in a blog post by Mark Steyn for the National Review climate scientist Michael Mann is accused of fraud. The blogster also quoted a line by another conservative writer (Rand Simberg) that described Mann as, "the Jerry Sandusky of climate science, except that instead of molesting children, he has molested and tortured data." A cruder, more vicious smeer would be difficult to conceive. Cue Pogo about finding the enemy.
- Defamation is the intentional communication of a falsehood about a person, to someone other than that person, that injures the person’s reputation. Libel is written defamation; slander is oral defamation. Online defamation is generally considered to be libel. The injured person may sue and recover damages under state law, unless state law makes the defamation privileged (for example, a statement made in a judicial, legislative, executive, or administrative proceeding is ordinarily privileged). Being required to pay damages for a defamatory statement restricts one’s freedom of speech; defamation, therefore, constitutes an exception to the First Amendment.
- Legally, defamation was any false statement(s) that had the potential to harm an individual's reputation. "Slander" was the term for a spoken statement of this nature, while the term "libel" referred to a written one. In 2378, while discussing the legal options that the crew of USS Voyager had regarding the stoppage of unauthorized distribution of an inflammatory version of The Doctor's holonovel Photons Be Free, Chakotay wondered if they could claim defamation. Tom Paris explained that they'd have to prove not only that they were represented by fictional characters in the holonovel, but that The Doctor's portrayals had harmed them. (VOY: "Author, Author")
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