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Libel laws have not been updated to address the rise of on-line publication and the current multiple publication rule, dating back to 1849, defines every download as a publication and a potential new cause of action.
The report sensibly suggests scrapping the multiple publication rule – which means that every fresh download of the same piece creates a fresh cause of action, even if it's years after it's been written, thus leaving the threat of legal action hanging over online archives indefinitely.
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Justice began a consultation over scrapping the multiple publication rule.
With the advent of the Internet, the multiple publication rule has caused havoc.
In order to avoid a "multiple publication bias", i.e. a distortion of the evaluation through a multiple publication of results of the same study, only the qualitatively best publication was evaluated in each case.
Without the multiple publication rule, his suit against TechCrunch would have come too late, and been thrown out before it even started.
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Clarification: This list doesn't take into consideration authors who write for multiple publications.
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Quantitative findings for any study were incorporated only once, even if reported in multiple publications.
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