Kalle Kivimaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let me elaborate. Let's say that [A] insulted [B] publicly on some > Debian mailing list. [A] of course would be responsible, and [B] could > sue [A] in a Finnish court (and maybe even in some foreign court, too, > but you would not get me to appear there). [B] couldn't, however, sue > e.g. the listmasters (or, well, [B] could sue but I think you'd get > thrown out pretty fast).
At first, I think the listmasters could claim to be merely a service provider, as in http://www.out-law.com/page-488 but if they actually failed to act when required, or made it worse by repeating the defamation themselves, B could take them to court too. Hope that explains, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
