And it's also the case in Japan Under Japan's defamation law you don't need to prove that the statements are false all you have to do is prove that they harm your reputation. It has to do with the culture there in Japan personal reputation is everything it's part of who you are which explains why the defamation law is so protective of personal reputation even if the statement is accurate.
That's a law that protects criminals, then. If you publish the fact that someone committed rape and that rapist was convicted in Korea, is the person who published this information guilty of libel???? It sounds like it is because printing that fact could ruin his reputation. So, Korean laws would rather protect the rapist's reputation than protect the public. Smh. Or, what if it was about a person who was a serial cheater, or a domestic violence situation, or a father who didn't pay child support, or someone who swindled you out of a large investment???? Those are morally wrong things to do in Korean society, but if you publish those facts about someone because you have legal evidence of this, then the person who publishes these facts are guilty of libel??? Smh. That is why so many people, including Koreans, criticize Korean laws. Victims and their children in Korea can't feel safe with such absurd laws that protect the criminals.
Questions 1. What happens if the perpetrator lives abroad (foreign citizen) and he or she posts something on youtube about a Korean citizen that went viral and defamed the citizen? 2. How do comedians and media people go around this law if they can't talk about an individual? Can a comedian make fun of a politician or public figure??
So the truth is not an absolute defense? ooo, that is a scary law. Thank you for the well explained video
And it's also the case in Japan
Under Japan's defamation law you don't need to prove that the statements are false all you have to do is prove that they harm your reputation.
It has to do with the culture there
in Japan personal reputation is everything it's part of who you are which explains why the defamation law is so protective of personal reputation even if the statement is accurate.
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That's a law that protects criminals, then. If you publish the fact that someone committed rape and that rapist was convicted in Korea, is the person who published this information guilty of libel???? It sounds like it is because printing that fact could ruin his reputation. So, Korean laws would rather protect the rapist's reputation than protect the public. Smh. Or, what if it was about a person who was a serial cheater, or a domestic violence situation, or a father who didn't pay child support, or someone who swindled you out of a large investment???? Those are morally wrong things to do in Korean society, but if you publish those facts about someone because you have legal evidence of this, then the person who publishes these facts are guilty of libel??? Smh. That is why so many people, including Koreans, criticize Korean laws. Victims and their children in Korea can't feel safe with such absurd laws that protect the criminals.
Questions
1. What happens if the perpetrator lives abroad (foreign citizen) and he or she posts something on youtube about a Korean citizen that went viral and defamed the citizen?
2. How do comedians and media people go around this law if they can't talk about an individual? Can a comedian make fun of a politician or public figure??
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