Comparative private law: online defamation and service provider liability- a comparative study

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dc.contributor.advisorHutchison, Dale
dc.contributor.authorBezzenberger, Julia
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-24T11:47:33Z
dc.date.available2026-02-24T11:47:33Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.date.updated2026-02-24T11:39:39Z
dc.description.abstract"The Internet is a unique and wholly new medium of world-wide human communication." 1 It enables people to communicate with one another with unprecedented speed and efficiency and is rapidly revolutionising how people share and receive information. From the time when the first vacuum tube computers were introduced in the 1950s it took the U.S. Department of Defence only until 1969 to create the Internet. At that time their goal was to create a decentralised system to protect data and communication in the advent of a thermonuclear war. But they had started a development that could not be stopped anymore. Overtime, the Internet evolved as a world-wide network of government, academic and commercial computer systems and databases linking academics, scientists and government officials. 2 Despite this dramatic growth, it was only in this decade that individuals outside of these spheres used the Internet. Today computers and modems are irreplaceable items of everyday life and the Internet has grown faster than anyone, even its greatest proponents, could have imagined. It is not only the preferred mode of communication for millions of people, but also a source of vast information. Individual users send messages across cyberspace, browse online magazines and newsletters, and participate in "chat rooms", discussing topics with others who share similar interests. One can buy plane tickets, take classes, order nearly eve1ything or publish whatever one wants to let the world know.
dc.identifier.apacitationBezzenberger, J. (1998). <i>Comparative private law: online defamation and service provider liability- a comparative study</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42895en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBezzenberger, Julia. <i>"Comparative private law: online defamation and service provider liability- a comparative study."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42895en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBezzenberger, J. 1998. Comparative private law: online defamation and service provider liability- a comparative study. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42895en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Bezzenberger, Julia AB - "The Internet is a unique and wholly new medium of world-wide human communication." 1 It enables people to communicate with one another with unprecedented speed and efficiency and is rapidly revolutionising how people share and receive information. From the time when the first vacuum tube computers were introduced in the 1950s it took the U.S. Department of Defence only until 1969 to create the Internet. At that time their goal was to create a decentralised system to protect data and communication in the advent of a thermonuclear war. But they had started a development that could not be stopped anymore. Overtime, the Internet evolved as a world-wide network of government, academic and commercial computer systems and databases linking academics, scientists and government officials. 2 Despite this dramatic growth, it was only in this decade that individuals outside of these spheres used the Internet. Today computers and modems are irreplaceable items of everyday life and the Internet has grown faster than anyone, even its greatest proponents, could have imagined. It is not only the preferred mode of communication for millions of people, but also a source of vast information. Individual users send messages across cyberspace, browse online magazines and newsletters, and participate in "chat rooms", discussing topics with others who share similar interests. One can buy plane tickets, take classes, order nearly eve1ything or publish whatever one wants to let the world know. DA - 1998 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Private law KW - online defamation LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1998 T1 - Comparative private law: online defamation and service provider liability- a comparative study TI - Comparative private law: online defamation and service provider liability- a comparative study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42895 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/42895
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBezzenberger J. Comparative private law: online defamation and service provider liability- a comparative study. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society, 1998 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42895en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Law and Society
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectPrivate law
dc.subjectonline defamation
dc.titleComparative private law: online defamation and service provider liability- a comparative study
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelLLM
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