"For the publication of an amendment or denial of something that constitutes defamation or for the publication of the judgment, in whole or in part; The publication will be made at the expense of the defendant or defendant, in the place, if and in a manner that the court will determine."
A similar provision is found in section 29(a)(2) of the Protection of Privacy Law.
As a rule, the compensation remedy is the primary remedy in defamation lawsuits, and therefore no secondary relief will be given to correct the publication, when it is found that the monetary relief is sufficient to heal the injury (Uri Shenhar, Defamation Law, Second Edition 2024, p. 691). This case reflects the exception to the rule, since the same chapters from the book are still distributed and accessible to the public on various platforms, including the Internet. After all, the defendant did not claim that he removed any of the publications he had made in connection with the book. After it has been found that the plaintiff can be identified with the "villain" and thus defamation and invasion of privacy against him, it makes no sense to leave the publications as they are. These, as distinct from other publications, are not ephemeral publications and are intended to remain for a long time, like any book.
However, this remedy will also be examined in the application of the proportionality test, taking into account the desire to avoid excessive harm to the defendant's search for expression. This balance means the issuance of orders to correct the harm to the plaintiff and not necessarily a draconian remedy to remove the publications.
Since we are dealing with a single character in a multi-character plot, the defendant can amend the manner in which that character is depicted in such a way that any possibility of identifying the plaintiff with the same character will be ruled out. In order to avoid doubt, the amendment will be made so that the character in question, "the villain," will no longer be presented as an Israeli, will no longer be presented as connected to an academic institution in Bulgaria, and will no longer be presented as someone connected to business in the field of computing. The character's description, "the villain," will also be corrected and the descriptions of gastric bypass surgery and diabetes associated with this character will also be removed. The defendant will also act to remove the plaintiff's name from any publication he has made related to the book.