> People *can* be libelled over the net. However, if you ask me, there should be seperate libel laws for things put online, because they are far easier to remove and retract than, say, a headline on the front page of the News of the World. You can't exactly change the front page of a national newspaper a week after it's been on the stands. However, if the News of the World's website was displaying a headline like "Football Star In Six-In-A-Bed Scandal", they should first be given the chance to remove the headline and place an apology there.

Isn't that pretty much the same as a newspaper publishing a retraction?