Archive for the 'News & Grossip' Category

California Web Publishers Aren’t Liable for Defamation

Friday, November 24th, 2006

In a court ruling earlier this week, The California Supreme Court said Internet publishers cannot be held liable for if defematory comments, which were written by others, are found on their sites/blogs.

The court, in a unanimous decision, said those claiming defamation can only sue the original source of the allegedly offending comments, not publishers or […]

News Bloggers Would be Protected by Shield Law

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

Seems like people high up there are starting to realize that bloggers are regular people and that some of their work may be qualified as actual news reporting. Now, forget the fact that blogger’s have been reporting the news for a couple of years now, a new bill offers that some bloggers may “qualify as […]

WeblogsInc, A Multi-Million Success Story

Thursday, October 6th, 2005

Very inspirational, indeed. After rumors started flowing in last night about a possible deal between AOL and WeblogsInc for the sale of the successful blog network for around $25 Million. It’s been officially confirmed in an email correspondance between Duncan and Jason Calacanis.
Some people like to see this sale as an attempt for a “quick […]

BlogSmith a New Blog Platform From Weblogs Inc

Friday, August 19th, 2005

Jason Calacanis of Weblogs Inc. had announced yesterday that the blog software, which he had developed especially for the Weblogs Inc. network is going on the market.
BlogSmith LLC is to be headed by Gordon Gold, President of Rising Tide Studios/Silicon Alley Reporter and the founder of UPOC and will compete directly against Six Apart […]