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If you’ve read, watched and enjoyed the work of America’s best-known satirical publication The Onion, you might be surprised by how serious it suddenly became earlier this month. So serious, in fact, that it might end up before the US Supreme Court. Continue reading
Changes to Australian defamation laws that came into effect this month in several states could provide some respite for political satire as a mode of political communication.In recent years, the defamation lawsuit risk for Australian comedians has been real. Continue reading
Memo to anyone thinking of suing or threatening someone else for defamation after that person made fun of them. Don’t.
It’s not that the law clearly protects humorous speech and satire. That question is a bit vexed. It’s defamatory to say something that brings another person into ridicule. So it looks like that is fairly easily satisfied. Actually, those looks are deceptive. Continue reading
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