Forum's Not Liable for Poster Comments according to Ruling

Honda Accord Forum News Classifieds Photo Gallery Member List Calendars Search Contact HAF Sponsors
Forum FAQ Accord History Honda Accord Recalls TSBs Timeslips Register Login

Forum's Not Liable for Poster Comments according to Ruling

Printable Version

Honda Accord >> General >> Off Topic >> Forum's Not Liable for Poster Comments according to Ruling

Page: [1]

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

Forum's Not Liable for Poster Comments according to Ruling - 11/20/2006 6:06:27 PM

sir_nasty

Posts: 6309
Joined: 2/23/2006
Status: offline

Here's the full article, I'll sum it up and tac this one up as a win in my opinion!

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acGaX9xVLAqo&refer=home

Essentially it has just been ruled that Forum, boards, websites (like myspace.com) etc can not be held liable for defamatory statements. So If I wanted to post something that said someone is a dofus and list an e-mail that they sent me I could do that wherever I wanted and only I would be liable. Which is the way that I think it should be. I don't see why someone should be able to sue myspace.com for providing a place for people to post and then coming under legal attack when someone degrades the name of another person.... That's like suing a paper company for kidnapping since the kidnapping note was written on their paper!! It's about time people take responsibility for their actions online.

_____________________________

1981 Civic Station Wagon - ROhnda (Really Old Honda)
1981 Honda CB650 Motorcylce - WHEE What More can I say?
2000 Lexus RX 300 - Oooh baby my wife let me drive it once!!
Quote: Life''''s great but it''''s not all beer and skittles