-2- and FEVAWORKS SOLUTIONS LIMITED trading as
ALIVE! MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
1st Defendant /
(2nd Respondent)
ALIVE! MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2nd Defendant /
(3rd Respondent)
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Before :
Chief Justice Ma, Mr Justice Chan PJ,
Mr Justice Ribeiro PJ, Mr Justice Litton NPJ and
Mr Justice Gleeson NPJ
Dates of Hearing:
5-6 June 2013
Date of Judgment :
4 July 2013
JUDGMENT
Chief Justice Ma:
1.
I agree with the judgment of Mr Justice Ribeiro PJ. The appeal
should be dismissed.
Mr Justice Chan PJ:
2.
I agree with the judgment of Mr Justice Ribeiro PJ.
Mr Justice Ribeiro PJ:
3.
The respondents in this appeal are the providers, administrators and
managers of a website which hosts one of the most popular internet discussion
forums in Hong Kong. The appellants have sued them for libel in respect of
defamatory statements posted by certain users of that forum. The defamatory