> 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. +----------------------------+----------------------------------------+ | Michael Patrick Bresina | America's always had a problem | | [log in to unmask] | with illegal aliens. Ask any Indian. | +----------------------------+----------------------------------------+