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.

November 23, 2006 by
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COMMENTS

  • Mark

    “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.