Crookes v. Wikimedia Foundation Inc., [2008] B.C.J. No. 2012; Crookes v. Newton, 200 BCCA 392 (CanLll); Crookes v. Yahoo, 2008 BCCA 165 (CanLll); see also Crookes v. Newton, [2011] 3 SCR 269, 2011 SCC 47 (CanLll) Wayne Crookes is a business person from British Columbia who is claiming he wa defamed on the internet. He has named several specific individuals who were the actua defamers but also is suing Yahoo, MySpace, Wikipedia, and other intermediaries, claimin that they are responsible for the defamation because they failed to monitor their site properly to ensure that such defamatory articles were promptly removed. For example, h claimed Yahoo refused to take down an offending site (chat room), and MySpace failed to take down a personal page containing defamatory material and allowed a link to anothe site containing defamatory material. How far should the liability for defamation go Should these intermediaries also be responsible? What if they fail to take the offendin item down when asked? Are there any situations where an intermediary should also b responsible for defamation