| 词条 | Laurence Godfrey (physicist) |
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|name=Laurence Godfrey | image = laurencegodfrey.jpg |imagesize= | alt = | caption = Laurence Godfrey, in January 2000 (year of the Demon case): "the only photo of me that is remotely passable" | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|11|21}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = British | occupation = Physicist and consultant | children = two }} Dr. Laurence Godfrey (born 21 November 1952) was educated at the independent The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, at Westfield College, University of London (BSc Physics, first class honours, 1975) and at University College London (PhD, High Energy Nuclear Physics, 1982). He established a legal precedent for libel on Usenet, in the landmark Godfrey v Demon Internet Service case.[1] He lives in France with his younger son Waylan and is unmarried, having twice been divorced. He is self-employed inter alia as an expert witness, consultant and technical adviser in Internet-related litigation. HistoryIn 1993 he and CERN colleague Phillip Hallam-Baker became immersed in a very public dispute on Usenet, which culminated in a libel action (settled out of court in Godfrey's favour). Godfrey was a regular and controversial{{fact|date=January 2018}} presence to the Usenet newsgroups soc.culture.british, soc.culture.canada, soc.culture.german and soc.culture.thai. His main topics of discourse there were the perceived and real shortcomings of the inhabitants of those countries.{{fact|date=January 2018}} He launched a series of court cases including Godfrey v Demon Internet Service. Godfrey has used Britain's strict libel laws to bring successful libel actions, suing in British courts a number of organizations based in other countries, including Cornell University and the University of Minnesota.[2] Libel cases
References1. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2000/apr/02/freespeech.theobserver/print Observer] 2. ^{{cite news|author=Jill Priluck|title=Free Speech, But Whose?|url=https://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1998/07/13467|publisher=Wired|id=|pages=|page=|date=1998-06-07|accessdate=2007-10-23}} External links
3 : 1952 births|Living people|People educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School |
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