Chuq Von Rospach writes: [...] > > can you sue? Yes. Will you win? depends on the situation. But you most > certainly can sue, and if AOL was asked to step in and terminate the > abuse and didn't, you'd likely win. This isn't much different from the > case Verizon was fighting (and lost) over handing over indentification > info to the RIAA. Or the John Doe lawsuits companies file against > anonymous posters in chatrooms to get discovery capability to gain > their identity (see AquaCool vs. Yahoo), or to stop leaking of > confidential information (see Apple vs. "worker bee").
In which of these cases was the provider sued for damages? Unless I'm missing something I fail to see the relevance to stating that a provider can be held liable for damages.
