On 4/23/06, Daniel P. B. Smith
<wikipedia2006(a)dpbsmith.com> wrote:
>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.
C'mon now, there are plenty of people who are not lawyers who are
trying to guess. Surely the fact that you are not a lawyer is not the
reason you wouldn't even try to guess.
No, the real reason he isn't trying to guess is because he has good
sense. You don't see any lawyers trying to guess, do you?