Hi Folks,
Does anybody know the latest word on the legal liability of list managers?
Last time I looked, there was little statutory law, and a little case law,
that was going in the direction of:
- relative immunity for ISPs and hands-off list managers (common-carrier
like regime), vs.
- slander, libel, and copyright liability for active moderators (like
newspapers, based on the Prodigy case)
Does anybody have a more recent view of the world, based on some of the
more recent legislation and legal cases? Does anybody have a good
reference or list reference?
Also... any sense of where things are going regarding liability for things
like advice given on a moderated list?
Thanks much,
Miles
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