DEFAMATION

Cass. Crim. October 16, 2001   Internet defamation 

  CRIM DECISION . – March 19, 2002 RELEASE  No. 01-84592. – Paris CA, June 7, 2001. – M. Bergé

Reference      BICC 558

It is up to the judges, seized of a lawsuit for defamation or insult, to identify, according to the circumstances of the case, the person concerned; this assessment is sovereign insofar as it is based on factual elements extrinsic to the statements in question.

KEYWORDS  Defamation. – Designation of the person or body concerned. – Sovereign appreciation of the trial judges. – Effect.

CRIM DECISION . – October 16, 2001. CASSATION WITHOUT REFERENCE No. 00-87.320. – Paris CA, November 2, 2000. – M. Ramonet et a.

It is up to the Court of Cassation to exercise its control on the point of knowing whether in the remarks retained in the prevention, the legal elements of public defamation are to be found as defined by articles 29 and 32 of the law. of July 29, 1881.

Thus, do not undermine the honor and the consideration of the remarks which attribute to a political leader to have collaborated with the red kmers within the bodies set up for a national reconciliation in Cambodia.

KEYWORDS     Public defamation. – Breach of honor or consideration. – political leader – control of the Court of Cassation.

REVIEWED DECISION       Court of Cassation, Criminal Division , September 7, 1999

AUTHOR (S)            Mouysset, Olivier

Reference            Recueil Dalloz Sirey  , n °        2  ,            11/01/2001  , pp.             160-164

KEYWORDS            Defamation, prescription of public action, complaint, date of filing, constitution of civil party, payment of the deposit, article 88 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, article 65 of the law of July 29, 1881, act of prosecution, interruption prescription of public action, suspension of prescription, impediment, absolute and insurmountable nature, article 65-2 of the law of July 29, 1881, law of January 4, 1993, presumption of innocence

REVIEWED DECISION Paris       Court of Appeal, 11th Chamber A, December 15, 1999, Costes v Prosecutor and others

AUTHOR (S)            Schmidt, Philippe A.; Facchina, Virginia

Reference            JCP G Semaine Juridique (general edition)  , n °            13  ,             29/03/2000  , pp      .587-589, Case law II-10281

KEYWORDS            IT, criminal law, Internet, offense, starting point of the limitation period of article 65 of the law of July 29, 1881, determination, first act of publication, technical characteristics specific to the Internet, act of continuous publicationREVIEWED DECISION       Court of Cassation, Criminal Chamber, March 7, 2000

AUTHOR (S)            Dreyer, Emmanuel

Reference            JCP G Semaine Juridique (general edition)  , n °            46  ,            15/11/2000  , pp. 2078-2081, Case law II 10421

KEYWORDS            Press, defamation, nullity of a quotation, article 53 of the law of July 29, 1889, text enacting the penalty incurred, article 385 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, freedom of expression, formalism, relative nature of the nullity of the ‘Article 53

REVIEWED DECISION       Cour de cassation, plenary assembly, February 25, 2000, X against A, judgment number 448 P, Juris-Data number 000696

AUTHOR (S)            Derieux, Emmanuel

Reference            JCP G Semaine Juridique (general edition)  , n °            28  ,            12/07/2000  , pp. 1379-1380

KEYWORDS            Press, defamation, abuse of the free right of criticism, journalist independence, transparency of justice, access to law, freedom of expression, objectivity

REVIEWED DECISION       Court of Cassation, Criminal Chamber, January 30, 2001

Starting point for reflection: prescription on the Internet

AUTHOR (S)            Dreyer, Emmanuel

Reference            Recueil Dalloz Sirey  , n ° 23 ,  14/06/2001  , pp.             1833-1836

KEYWORDS            Short limitation period, press offense, Internet, press offense, adaptation of the law of July 29, 1881 to modern forms of communication, article 65 paragraph 1 of the law of July 29, 1881, starting point of the three months, proof of publication, presumption of publication, making available, offenses committed on the Internet, legal deposit, defamation, instant offense; continuous infringement, clandestine infringement, updating of a site, reversal of the burden of proof of the starting point of the limitation period

REVIEWED DECISION       Tribunal de Grande Instance (TGI) of Paris, 17th Chamber, June 14, 1999

AUTHOR (S)            Beignier, Bernard

Reference            Recueil Dalloz Sirey  , n °        38  ,            28/10/1999  , pp.             566-567

KEYWORDS           Press law, immunity from the floor of the lawyer, 8 p.m. trap, 8 p.m., press offense, defamation, judicial immunity

REVIEWED DECISION       Court of Cassation, Civil Chamber number 2, January 19, 1998

AUTHOR (S)            Tavieaux-Moro, Nicolas

Reference            Recueil Dalloz Sirey  , n °        9  ,            04/03/1999  , pp.             134-136

Case law p. 127 to 140

KEYWORDS            Press offense, defamation, documentary evidence, good faith, controversy, politics, intention to harm, television program, live speech, personal attacks

REVIEWED DECISION       Tribunal de Grande Instance (TGI), First Chamber, December 11, 1996, European association Longo May v SA Éditions Albin Michel and others

AUTHOR (S)            Lacabarats, Alain

Reference            JCP G Semaine Juridique (general edition)  , n °            44  ,            29/10/1997  , pp. 477-481,            Case law number 22938

KEYWORDS            P ress, defamation, elements constituting defamation, defamatory remarks, evidence to the contrary, time limit, article 56 of the law of July 29, 1881, defect, consequences, editions, civil procedure, rules of procedure, press trial, judge of referredREVIEWED DECISION       Court of Cassation, Civil Chamber number 2, February 19, 1997, Descaves v Labarre

AUTHOR (S)            Pierchon, Michel

Reference            JCP G Semaine Juridique (general edition)  , n °            37  ,            10/09/1997  , pp. 383-384, Case law number 22900

KEYWORDS            Press, defamation, defamation, article 53 of the law July 29, 1881, procedure, conditions of the request, formality, applicable law, summons, mention, details, qualification of the factsREVIEWED DECISION       Tribunal de Grande Instance (TGI) of Paris, 17th Correctional Chamber, March 10, 1997, July against Le Pen

AUTHOR (S)            Beignier, Bernard

Reference            JCP G Legal Week (general edition)  , No.            25  ,            18/06/1997  , pp.293-293,            22864 Case Number

KEYWORDS            Press-defamation, newspapers, right of reply, article 13 of the law of July 29, 1881, scope, design, text, publication

DECISION  CIV.2 June 19, 1996 CASSATION N ° 94-20.515.- Paris CA, September 19, 1994.- Company X … c / company Y …

A company having announced in a journal that it publishes that it was giving up the publication of the list of laboratories in France because of the theft and spoliations of which this work was the subject, in particular of a second company which publishes itself a review and the latter company maintaining that the comments published constituted defamation, incurs the cassation the judgment which sets aside article 65 of the law of July 29, 1881 by retaining that the disputed comments aimed at a review concurrent with the exclusion of any personal questioning of those responsible for this publication when the allegations of theft and spoliation undermined the honor and the consideration of the second company to which they were imputed.

KEYWORDS  Defamation.- Definition.- Allegation undermining the honor and the consideration of the person concerned – Publishing company of a journal – Company having announced that its work was the subject of theft and spoliations from a competing company.