"Calif. Court Says Bloggers Can't Be Sued
State's Supreme Court said a federal law gives immunity from libel suits
By Pete Williams
Justice Correspondent
NBC News
Updated: 11:28 a.m. PT Nov 20, 2006"
Forget about being sued.
Our viewers want to know what
to do about frivolous lawsuits,
erroneous criminal complaints
and/or threats of bodily harm
by people in the genre industry
against Blogmasters,
Webmasters, and Bloggers.
"The decision (http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/S122953.PDF) is a victory for Internet free speech advocates, who warned that a contrary outcome could have affected users of newsgroups, blogs, listservs, and bulletin boards who enter those forums to discuss the views of others. A loss could even have jeopardized websites run by students to evaluate their professors, said the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in friend of court briefs."
Posted by lafemmenikita07
at 8:17 PM PDT
Updated: Friday, August 10, 2007 8:34 PM PDT
