Firth v. State of NY

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• providing that the single publication rule applies to defamation actions arising out of allegedly defamatory written statements published on internet websites
• stating that under the single publication rule, even though many copies of a defamatory publication may be widely distributed, the publication is given the legal effect of one act and gives rise to one cause of action
• noting that the dissemination of an allegedly defamatory publication “gives rise to one cause of action and that the applicable statute of limitations runs from the date of that publication” (internal quotation marks and brackets omitted)
• noting that the dissemination of an allegedly defamatory publication “gives rise to one cause of action and that the applicable statute of limitations runs from the date of that publication” (internal quotation marks and brackets omitted)
• discussing the “potential for endless retriggering of the statute of limitations, multiplicity of suits and harassment of defendants” and warning of a corresponding chilling effect on Internet communication
• declining to find republication even where the defendant made a previously published print article newly available online

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).