Demon Internet have settled the libel action against them by Laurence Godfrey for around a quarter-million pounds including costs (which were, inevitably, most of it).
This is a worrying development which could affect PPRuNe.
There is no logical reason why a libel on the Net should be any different in principle from a libel in a newspaper or on TV or wherever, but ISPs and BB administrators do not often have any control over what is posted.
PPRuNe moderators may have to be quick on the draw in quarantining anything which appears to be defamatory. Demon is rich enough to stand a £250,000 hit, but I am not so sure about Danny and his cohorts!
Perhaps it will soon be time to take PPRuNe offshore.
[This message has been edited by JP Justice (edited 30 March 2000).]