From: "B.G. Sloan" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:51:46 -0800 Just wondering how many people have read through the Canadian court's "Notice of Action"? One of the odd things (to me) is that the plaintiff seems to claim that the defendant is liable for "statements made by others" (i.e., the comments made to Dale Askey's blog post). I don't know Canadian libel law, but how can someone be held responsible for other people's comments? Just curious... Bernie Sloan From: LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 3:59 PM Subject: Re: Edwin Mellen Press sues Librarian From: "Blobaum, Paul" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:16:06 +0000 Statement from the Medical Library Assn and AAHSL (Assn of Academic Health Science Libraries). Medlib-l Subscribers: Thanks to a team of people from AAHSL and MLA, including, the two associations have issued the following joint statement on the Askey and McMaster incident. The press release will be posted on MLANET and distributed through this week's issue of MLA-FOCUS. Special thanks to Chris Frank, Chair of AAHSL's Scholarly Communications Committee; Barbara Epstein, Chair of MLA's Scholarly Communications Committee; Jane Blumenthal, MLA President; M.J. Tooey, AAHSL President; and Carla J. Funk, CAE, Executive Director for their work in crafting this statement. Paul Blobaum, MA, MS pblobaum at govst.edu Full Professor and Head of Reference University Library Governors State University University Park, IL 60484 [SNIP]