>From: "Anthony DiPierro" <wikilegal(a)inbox.org> > >So someone goes to a community corkboard in an apartment building and >writes "John Heybobarebob is gay" on the bathroom door. Then the >owner of the apartment building sees the defamatory statement, takes >down the message, and stores it in a closet with a bunch of other >removed messages. Then a janitor goes into to the closet, takes the >message, and creates photocopies which she proceeds to hand out to >people. > >You think the building owner can be sued? > > I'm _certain_ the building owner can be sued. The question is, can the plaintiff win? That's a completely different question... and since IANAL I wouldn't even try to guess.