California says bloggers can’t be sued
This post was published 3 years ago and its content may not be valid anymore.According to a California Supreme Court, bloggers or any individuals who participate in in online forums can not be sued for posting defamatory statements about others.
In deciding a case closely watched by free speech groups, the court said a federal law gives immunity from libel suits not only to Internet service providers, like AOL, but also to bloggers and other users of their services.
“Subjecting Internet service providers and users to defamation liability would tend to chill online speech,” today’s unanimous ruling said.
So, according to a California Supreme Court, we’re all free to start trash talking without worry of being singled out and sued.
Well then I guess I’ll start….eff you all!!! PWNED!!1!!11! :P
The uneasysilence.com owners are actually Nazi sympothizers! Screw you! Double PWNT!!!!11!!1!shift!1!ELEVEN!!!
Actually, defamation is still illegal in california. The woman in question did not write the post herself. Instead, she posted a letter written by a man. Th court holds that the man who wrote the original message can be held guilty of defamation, not the woman who reposted the message. The woman has the same kind of immunity that this site has if someone made a defamatory comment about another on this site.
Wow, Finally something useful from this useless crappy blog.. :):):):):)
OK, just kidding.
I think the ruling protects the owner of a blog/site when a visitor posts a comment about a 3rd person/company. 1st person posts are not imune from defamation charges.