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11-21-2006, 08:47 AM #1Web Hosting Master
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website owners can not be sued for libel
if you haven't considered chapter 7 bankruptcy, maybe you should.
eliminate your debt, keep the property you want, most people qualify.
contrary to popular belief - no attorney is necessary!
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11-21-2006, 08:48 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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Il def have a look if you can find a link for that
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11-21-2006, 11:15 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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11-21-2006, 12:37 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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Good for once a United States court makes a half decent decision
I could tell you a joke about UDP. But I'm not sure you would get it!
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11-21-2006, 12:40 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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i am not sure if this is a smart thing or a dangerous precedent.
on the one hand, people should be able to tell the truth.
on the other hand, people are not always careful and may stretch the truth a little bit or even use this to truly libel people and get away with it.
on the other other hand, libel is libel. that means it is a lie. how is that ok>?if you haven't considered chapter 7 bankruptcy, maybe you should.
eliminate your debt, keep the property you want, most people qualify.
contrary to popular belief - no attorney is necessary!
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11-21-2006, 01:01 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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libel is libel, that's up to a court to prove. that's also between the author and the 'vicitim'.
it has nothing to do with the publishers, who should now be left alone.<erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.
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11-21-2006, 01:03 PM #7Dennis Johnson
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Originally Posted by Lauren Stephens'... plaintiffs who contend they were defamed in an Internet posting may only seek recovery from the original source of the statement.'There is no best host. There is only the host that's best for you.
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11-21-2006, 01:16 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by SoftWareRevue<erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.
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11-21-2006, 01:21 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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I agree with SoftWareRevue completely.
Show your reciprocal links on your website. eReferrer
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11-21-2006, 01:43 PM #10Aspiring Evangelist
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Thank goodness they overturned that san francisco communist ruling. All this does is not make me liable for some idiot who posts libel on MY blog or forums.
This does NOT mean you can't be sued if YOU PERSONALLY put on libel content (not a third party who posted it to your site).
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11-21-2006, 05:27 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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I don't agree with the premise that the webpage owner is analogous to a telephone company. We expect the phone company to not be monitoring every telephone conversation. A webpage owner is in a position to see what is posted. Even if it's too extensive to constantly monitor, there is an opportunity to respond to complaints, examine the disputed material, and to decide what material remains posted.
I think that this ruling opens the door to protecting libel by pseudo-proxy. A person wanting to post libelous statements could offer an ostensibly "public" forum and then be his or her own anonymous "customer" to post the libelous statements.
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11-22-2006, 06:11 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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The internet would effectivly shut down if carriers were held liable Im sure WHT would disappear!
So would all other blogs, forums or anything thats allows for descussion.I could tell you a joke about UDP. But I'm not sure you would get it!
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11-22-2006, 08:14 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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'... plaintiffs who contend they were defamed in an Internet posting may only seek recovery from the original source of the statement.'
However, I don't know how this (or any other law) can be enforced on the net. If I write something about you from China on a server based in the US, and then it is copied onto a blog in the UK, you'll have a hard time trying to sue me
Something to think about now that these laws are coming about trying to regulate the Internet. Law is useless unless you can enforce it.
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11-22-2006, 01:56 PM #14Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by Disgruntled
There is NO WAY a host can monitor and track every single page of every single customer. even if they're small. it's a monumental task and it's just not feasable.
Also, if you think they should hold the hosting company responsible you do realize that would effectively eliminate every forum on the web right? what host is going to take a chance at letting people post what they want if he knows that he can get sued if they say the wrong thing? What happens when a disgruntled user wants the forum to suffer when he gets banned?
To make the host responsible is just not right.Show your reciprocal links on your website. eReferrer
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11-22-2006, 04:23 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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The article says:
Overturning a decision by the San Francisco appeal court, the 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.
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The lawsuit involved a health activist who posted someone else's letter on her web site. The subject of the letter sued the activist - as well as the author - for libel.
A webpage owner is not as many steps removed from the content as the hosting company.
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11-22-2006, 06:36 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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I'm ok with this ruling. However I would hope this means that once person or site X finds their info to be false, they remove "said comment or statement" and in not doing so in X amount of time, should make them liable.
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