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This website assumes no responsibility
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or content based on these US Court rulings:
1.) Barrett v. Rosenthal: Websites assume no responsibility
for comments or content provided by third parties as provided by ample
case law including the recent California decision in Barrett v. Rosenthal.
2.) Federal Court Reaffirms Immunity of Bloggers and Forums
from Suits Brought Against Commenters: Section
230 of the Communications Decency Act provides that "[no]
provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated
as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another
information content provider," and that "[n]o cause of action
may be brought and no liability may be imposed under any State or
local law that is inconsistent with this section." A recent decision
of the First Circuit has reaffirmed the broad protection this statute
provides to bloggers and message board administrators.
In Universal Communication Systems v. Lycos, a company who had allegedly
been victimized by defamatory statements on a message board regarding
the value of its stock sued Lycos, which operated the board. The message
board allowed users to post comments with minimal moderation, and
no one from Lycos was responsible for the allegedly defamatory statements.
Examining the impact of Sec. 230 on this case, the court noted that
"Congress intended that, within broad limits, message board operators
would not be held responsible for the postings made by others on that
board," adding that allowing bloggers and message board operators
to be sued for the statements of commenters on their sites would have
an "obvious chilling effect" on speech. Accordingly, the
court dismissed the complaint against Lycos.
