[Foundation-l] A great ruling for the community

[James Hare]

Not surprised, really, I've heard California's really cool with the
Internet.

On 11/22/06, Jeffrey V. Merkey <jmerkey at wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote:
>
> Brad Patrick wrote:
>
> >The California Supreme Court issued its ruling yesterday in the Barrett
> >v. Rosenthal case, one of the most closely watched cases involving the
> >Communications Decency Act section 230.  The Court came down strongly in
> >favor of internet freedom and immunity from liability for those within
> >the protection of Section 230.  This has significant implications for
> >"distributor" and "user" theories of liability/immunity.  Overall, this
> >decision is very good for Wikimedia Foundation projects, and our users.
> >
> >I encourage anyone interested to see the opinion at
> >http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/S122953.PDF.
> >
> >
> >-Brad
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> No help in Federal Court though, where most interstate litigations
> occur, just California, and their long arm
> statutes are very restrictive. In a state that already has SLAPP
> precedents, seems a natural next step for their
> supreme court. The dormant commerce clause will undoubtably govern those
> cases however for CDA 230.
>
> Jeff
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