Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:16:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: Miles Fidelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm a lot more interested in a list owner's liability if a subscriber:
- posts copyrighted materials to the list
- posts libelous or slanderous materials
Would such a suit have merit in court? (judging from the Prodigy case, the
answer is "at least under certain circumstances")
There have been cases where mailing lists and/or newsgroups have been shut
down because the listowner "allowed" subscribers to post copyrighted
material to the list. I remember reading about it a couple years ago. I'm
sorry I don't have citations for you. I believe it was posted here so if
there are archives maybe a search would help. It was also carried by
internet news sources so searching the news databases may bring it up.
I have never heard of a listowner getting sued for damages for "allowing"
copyrighted materials or libelous/slanderous materials. Of course this
doesn't mean it didn't happen, just that I haven't seen it.
Then there was that case a couple months ago about a not-for-profit website
posting copyrighted news articles and this was deemed in violation of
copyright law. This isn't quite the same thing since the owners of the
site are the violators, but it's a case you should have.
Cyndi
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