Career
He established a legal precedent for libel on Usenet, in the landmark Godfrey v Demon Internet Service case. He is self-employed as an expert witness, consultant and technical adviser in internet-related litigation. Godfrey was a regular and controversial presence to the Usenet newsgroups soc.culture.british, soc.culture.canada, soc.culture.german and soc.culture.thai.
His main topics of discourse there were the perceived and real shortcomings of the inhabitants of those countries.
He launched a series of court cases including Godfrey v Demon Internet Service. Godfrey has used Britain"s strict libel laws to bring successful libel actions, suing in British courts a number of organizations based in other countries, including Cornell University and the University of Minnesota.
1995, Godfrey v. Hallam-Baker
1997, Godfrey v.
Demon Internet
1998, Godfrey v. Cornell University/Dolenga
1998, Godfrey v.
University of Minnesota/Starnet/Quanchairut
1998, Godfrey v. Melbourne Personal Computer Users Group
(unknown) Godfrey v.
New Zealand TeleCom
(unknown) Godfrey v.
Toronto Star.