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 distributors, even if the distributor is an individual. Internet users are protected by the same 1996 Communications Decency Act that grants immunity against defamation claims to publishers in most circumstances, the court said,

This has been the source for several law suits so far and it is good to know that the issue had been resolved in the publisher’s support.

[via Bloomberg]

Tags: Web Publishing, Blogging

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