Anonymous blog posting is now the easy way to say how you really feel without any repercussions—or at least you may think. The First Amendment protects one’s right to speak, whether it be openly or anonymously, but it doesn’t give anyone, known or anonymous, a free pass to defame others. But, how does the injured […]
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Think before you post, dear anonymous blogger.
July 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Defamation · First Amendment
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act still a bar to suit, even if website operator is on notice that content is potentially defamatory
March 19th, 2008 · No Comments
In an online defamation action, Global Royalties, Ltd. v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC, No. CV-07-0956-PHX-FJM, 2008 WL 565102 (D. Ariz. Feb. 28, 2008), the District Court of Arizona dismissed plaintiff Global Royalties, Ltd.’s amended complaint on the basis of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Section 230 states, “No provider or user of an interactive […]
Tags: CDA 230 · Defamation
Second Circuit denies American author relief from foreign defamation claim on the basis of personal jurisdiction, spurs introduction of New York “libel tourism (terrorism?)” bill
March 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Rachel Ehrenfeld, a New York-based author against whom a Saudi Arabian resident and citizen obtained a default judgment in a “libel tourism” lawsuit filed in England, asserted a declaratory claim that the foreign judgment was not enforceable in New York State. Just last week, the Second Circuit held that it does not have jurisdiction […]
Tags: New Legislation · Defamation