G'day Folks,
The BBC reports that the California Supreme Court that bloggers and ISPs cannot be sued for posting defamatory statements by third parties.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6167930.stm
*Bloggers and US internet providers cannot be liable for posting defamatory comments written by third parties, the California Supreme Court has ruled. *
It followed the case of San Diego woman sued after posting allegedly libellous comments online about two doctors.
Some of the internet's biggest names including Google, eBay and Amazon have supported a woman in a US legal battle that may save them from libel cases.
The judges said the ruling would protect freedom of expression.
More in story.
I wonder what implications this has for Wikipedia. Of course, we should have strong guidelines regarding living people in any case.
Regards
*Keith Old*
On 11/22/06, Keith Old keithold@gmail.com wrote:
I wonder what implications this has for Wikipedia. Of course, we should have strong guidelines regarding living people in any case.
Brad posted to Foundation-l about this and seemed pleased:
http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-November/011679.html