For those we lost, We will not forget 09/11/2001 “Our God given unalienable rights are given to us all as individuals. They tell us what me may do for ourselves, and they are the embodiment of liberty. The so-called rights that government gives to some of us are parcelled out to select groups as classes. They tell us what one class of people may require another to do for them, and they are the very essence of slavery.”
— Perri Nelson, February 9, 2010

A bheil Gàidhlig agaibh?

A victory for free speech!

Published Tue, Nov 21 2006 1:38 AM
Technorati Tags: Computers and Internet, Blogging

The California Supreme Court has ruled on an appeal in an important case for blogger's free speech. According to the BBC News:

Bloggers and US internet providers cannot be liable for posting defamatory comments written by third parties, the California Supreme Court has ruled.

It followed the case of San Diego woman sued after posting allegedly libellous comments online about two doctors.

Some of the internet's biggest names including Google, eBay and Amazon have supported a woman in a US legal battle that may save them from libel cases.

The judges said the ruling would protect freedom of expression.

This should be good news for bloggers who post content or comments written by other people. The people that write the original libelous comments are responsible for what they say. The blogger that allows the comment to be posted isn't.

That's not a licence to commit libel online though. But it is a victory for online freedom of expression.

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