Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Which of the following is true about the definition of libel?

Which of the following is true about the definition of libel?





A. Any kind of written communication about a living person or an organization which damages the person鈥檚 or organization鈥檚 reputation.





B. Copying or using ideas or words (from another person, an online classmate, or an Internet or print source) and presenting them as your own.





C. A spoken defamation (or insult or offense) to damage a reputation.





D. Is a violation of the Plagiarism Act.Which of the following is true about the definition of libel?
Libel is written information which is false or could lead to a false (bad) impression of someone.


Copying ideas without crediting the author is plagiarism.


Plagiarism (i.e. stealing ideas) breaks the Plagiarism Act.


Slander is like libel, but in spoken form.





Therefore, A is libel.


(B and D are plagiarism; C is slander)Which of the following is true about the definition of libel?
A.





';The common law origins of defamation lie in the torts of slander (harmful statement in a transitory form, especially speech) and libel (harmful statement in a fixed medium, especially writing but also a picture, sign, or electronic broadcast), each of which gives a common law right of action.';
A - A libel case is a form of any written or spoken issues against a person were they are degraded, loss of reputation, putting an individual or organizations into a position of reducing credibility in the eyes of the public.
If you copied and pasted those definitions from a dictionary site or something, then maybe they're all right. Just depends on which context you use the word in.
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