> This will be the sticky questions legally: does transmission in hockey-l,
> or any other e-mail list or newsgroup, constitute "publication"?
I believe that, for the purposes of libel or slander, a statement to any
third party constitutes publication. A statement to the party being
derided does not, unless it is overheard by others.
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