Protection for Web Publishers
The California Supreme Court has ruled that Internet publishers could not be held liable if they posted defamatory comments written by others, a victory for online companies. The court said those claiming defamation could sue only the original source of the comments, not publishers or distributors, even if the distributor was an individual.
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1 comments about 'Protection for Web Publishers '"protection for web publishers"?, not. This is nothing but protection for libelers and slanderers.
If Bloggers and "Citizen Journalists" want to be taken seriously they need to start behaving seriously. You can't claim to be a journalists one day, and then say you shouldn't be held accountable (as journalist are) the next.
Posted by Mark at November 24, 2006 9:55 AM
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