At 12:59 PM 4/27/05 -0700, Randall Petersen wrote:
>for the recent drama and clampdown on open discussion over at Movie
>Poster Talk. This is simply another case of misdirection, to keep
>people focused on a non-issue. The nearly universal opinion of those
>with credible knowledge of libel and slander laws is that the risk to
>an owner of an unmoderated forum with respect to statements made by
>individuals therein is negligible, essentially limited to providing
>information about the offending speaker, and even then only on
>presentation of a court order.
The "universal opinion" of who? I don't think there's been
much in the way of test cases of this but I know of a number
of attorneys who do not hold to your "universal opinion". I
know of at least one system that shut down for fear of this.
And not simply because the owner got nervous and figured
it was safer that way. Very expensive attornies were
consulted and advised against the liability.
Also, just because you might not end up paying in the long
run, if you get sued you have to spend money fighting it. And
the cost in legal fees (which may or may not be reclaimable
against the litigant), time, effort, emotional stress, etc. can be
quite high, even if you prevail.
Craig.
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