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Man acquitted over defamation case on Internet

The Tokyo District Court acquitted on Friday a 36-year-old man who was accused of damaging the reputation of an operator of a nationwide restaurant chain by carrying false information about it on his own web page. "There should be no conviction if... ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Fri, Feb 29 2008

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