GCM 720 Study Guide - Final Guide: Qualified Privilege, Photo Manipulation, Jann Wenner
29 Nov 2016
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Defamation is communication about a person that tends to hurt the person"s reputation: it causes the reader or listener to think less of the person. If defamation is spoken, then it"s called slander. It you publish a story that someone cheats in their business dealings expect to get sued. In canada, the law protects our reputation against defamation. If someone defames you, you can sue them for money (called damages) for harming your reputation. You have to sue in the supreme court, not provincial court, and you have to sue within 2 years of the defamation. It starts when the defamatory statement was made or published. Civil court, not criminal court: it can be a criminal offense under provincial privacy laws. The type of defamation with a permanent record, like a newspaper, a magazine article, a website posting, an email, an image, or a radio or tv broadcast.
