> whether the media is _transient_ or not Citation? By that light, a DVD containing defamatory speech would be libelous, but that's generally not how courts se

> whether the media is _transient_ or not Citation? By that light, a DVD containing defamatory speech would be libelous, but that's generally not how courts see it. From the (highly-influential) U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, summarizing New York law (which is quite typical): "Defamation, consisting of the twin torts of libel and slander, is the invasion of the interest in a reputation and good name. Generally, spoken defamatory words are slander; written defamatory words are libel. Libel is a method of defamation expressed in writing or print." [0] https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=6017275629956611274 https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=601727562995661...