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Libel
ruling exempts service providers.
The
California Supreme Court ruled on November 20 2006 that Internet publishers
could not be held liable for defamatory comments posted by others.
A unanimous decision of the court overturned an earlier San Francisco
appeals court ruling.
It means that bloggers and US internet providers cannot be liable for
posting defamatory comments written by third parties, according to the
California Supreme Court.
The appeal court ruled that people claiming they were defamed online could
now only seek damages from the original author of the comments - and not
the website which re-posted it.
The court ruled that that internet service providers were protected by
US Federal law that said providers of chat rooms or news groups are not
considered the publishers of information furnished by others.
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