---
title: "Table the extent of publication from the capture"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law/compile-the-extent-of-publication-data-for-the-respondent-s-statement/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A33-F20261018-3-US"
practice_area: "Defamation & Media Law"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Table the extent of publication from the capture

> For each publication, record the name, the date, the URL or place if printed, and any number of copies the capture prints. Write no sentence of the statement that will be filed.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Defamation & Media Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| How AI is used | For each publication, record the name, the date, the URL or place if printed, and any number of copies the capture prints. Write no sentence of the statement that will be filed. |
| What the lawyer must review | You write the statement, and you characterise the extent. Civil Code § 45 defines libel. Section 48a(d)(1) defines general damages as damages for loss of reputation, shame, mortification, and hurt feelings. Section 48a(d)(2) defines special damages as all damages the plaintiff alleges and proves that he or she has suffered in respect to property, business, trade, profession, or occupation, including the amounts of money expended as a result of the alleged libel, and no other. A copy count is not special damages until you characterise it. Section 48a(a) limits recovery for libel in a daily or weekly news publication, or slander by radio broadcast, to special damages unless a correction is demanded and is not published or broadcast as the section provides. Section 48a(d)(5) defines a daily or weekly news publication as a publication, in print or electronic form, that contains news on matters of public concern and that publishes at least once a week. Section 48a is not a retraction statute for every online post. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Compile the extent-of-publication data for the respondent’s statement](https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law/compile-the-extent-of-publication-data-for-the-respondent-s-statement.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: For each publication, record the name, the date, the URL or place if printed, and any number of copies the capture prints. Write no sentence of the statement that will be filed.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Section 48a is California, and it is limited to a daily or weekly news publication or to slander by radio broadcast. You decide whether this publication is inside that limit.
- The table records what the capture prints. It is not the statement that will be filed.

## Sources

- [California Civil Code § 45 (libel defined)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=45) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Civil Code § 48a (daily or weekly news publication and radio slander)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=48a.) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Serious harm evidence table (Defamation Act s 10A)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/defamation-and-media-law/serious-harm-evidence-table.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Evidence table for the serious harm element in s 10A of the Defamation Act 2005 (NSW): extent and audience of publication, gravity of the imputations, evidence of actual harm, and for excluded… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*