Post your industry-hate here....

[kmanrox]

http://us.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/20/int....ap/index.html

SAN JOSE, California (AP) -- Web sites that publish inflammatory information written by other parties cannot be sued for libel, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday.

The ruling in favor of free online expression was a victory for a San Diego woman who was sued by two doctors for posting an allegedly libelous e-mail on two Web sites.

Some of the Internet's biggest names, including Amazon.com, America Online Inc., eBay Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., took the defendant's side out of concern that a ruling against her would expose them to liability.

In reversing an appellate court's decision, the state Supreme Court ruled that the Communications Decency Act of 1996 provides broad immunity from defamation lawsuits for people who publish information on the Internet that was gathered from another source.


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Looks like now you can say anything you want on a board if you live in california... Now go ahead and tell us how you REALLY feel....

[Barefootsies]

Originally Posted by kmanrox

http://us.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/20/int....ap/index.html

SAN JOSE, California (AP) -- Web sites that publish inflammatory information written by other parties cannot be sued for libel, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday.

The ruling in favor of free online expression was a victory for a San Diego woman who was sued by two doctors for posting an allegedly libelous e-mail on two Web sites.

Some of the Internet's biggest names, including Amazon.com, America Online Inc., eBay Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., took the defendant's side out of concern that a ruling against her would expose them to liability.

In reversing an appellate court's decision, the state Supreme Court ruled that the Communications Decency Act of 1996 provides broad immunity from defamation lawsuits for people who publish information on the Internet that was gathered from another source.


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Looks like now you can say anything you want on a board if you live in california... Now go ahead and tell us how you REALLY feel....

Actually, this has been a moot point to my understanding.

People can express whatever they want on a message board, or forum, and it's protected UNLESS the owner/moderator/etc does something.

I can't remember if it's edit posts, or censor things. But it been discussed before, and it comes down to "how" the forum is run, moderated, or censored.

Or the lack there of.

That defines the supposed "free speech".

[GetBigCash]

Interesting case.

[fris]

Federal Law Freedom of Information - Protection Clause. ver. 27. dated, 1998 (Par. 17 - Freedom of Information Act, 1998 - Whereign the use ofperson or persons names, contact information and/or image directly or indirectly exclosed to the public without written or documented approval is strictly prohibitted. Federal Archives. Case No. 3017 The United States of America v. Henderson.)