"Ronald Huttner" wrote in message
news:nemoMon011408123320@news.netspace.net.au...
> In article <5uvs2aF1jo9f7U1@mid.individual.net> "Trevor
> Wilson" wrote:
>> "Phil Allison" wrote in message
>> news:5uvrkpF1jhh2nU1@mid.individual.net...
>
>>> "Trevor Wilson"
>
>>>> Ms Wood,
>
>>>> I appreciate that you need to take defamation seriously. Dymocks
>>>> did not write the material. Dymocks, by selling the book in
>>>> question, would not be
>>>> defaming anyone.
>
>>> ** This is where you are 100%, dead wrong.
>
>>> Defamation occurs when the defamatory material is disseminated to
>>> others - ie " published ".
>
>>> The central issue in defamation is the actual * harm done * to a
>>> person or organisation, not the mere writing of defamatory
>>> material. The harm is done by the publication.
>
>> **Yep and Dymocks is not the publisher.
>
>>> If a newspaper publishes a letter or article that defames a
>>> person, the newspaper risks becoming the target of legal action.
>
>> **Yep and Dymocks is not the publisher.
>
>>> Dymocks are merely being cautious in circumstances where
>>> litigation over the material is clearly imminent.
>
>> **IF the defamation action proceeds (and there is no assurance that
>> it will), THEN Dymocks may be well advised to withdraw the
>> publication. ATM, there is no case to answer. Dymocks is just
>> responding to pressure from a well-funded organisation.
>
>> The real problem here is the 'Church' of Scientology. They will use
>> any weapon they can, in order to prevent any bad press. Scaring off
>> the two largest booksellers in the country is just scurrilous. To see
>> these companies just 'rolling-over' stinks.
>
>> Trevor Wilson
>
> Trevor - Since you can't buy THAT book at the moment, why not buy
> yourself a good book on Australian defamation law instead, while you
> are waiting ?
**I CAN buy the book, right now. From any one (and many more) of the
following sellers:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/105-9138601-7119615?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=tom+cruise&x=13&y=20
http://www.fishpond.com.au/advanced_search_result.php?cat=all&keywords=tom+cruise&x=11&y=14&type=Search
http://www.seekbooks.com.au/booksearchresults.asp?searchbycriteria=tom+cruise&submit.x=44&submit.y=11&submit=search
http://www.booktopia.com.au/search.ep?keywords=tom+cruise&attribute=title&submit.x=48&submit.y=5&submit=search
http://books.buyaustralian.com/featuredbook1.asp?StoreUrl=buyaustralian&bookid=9781427204097&db=au
Then read it fully and carefully. You plainly know
> NOTHING WHATSOEVER - I repeat NOTHING WHATSOEVER - about the laws of
> libel and how they operate in this country.
**Very possibly.
What you keep writing is
> totally ignorant rubbish. Don't just take my word for it, talk to ANY
> Australian lawyer with real expertise in defamation law. Although I
> often have no time for Phil Allison, he is, on this occasion,
> absolutely 100% correct in what he has said.
**No, he is not. However, you may care to explain to Amazon's lawyers and
all the other bookseller's lawyers, that they don't know what Dymocks
apparently do.
THERE IS NO DEFAMATION ACTION.
Trevor Wilson
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