Re: [Wikimedia-l] Court decision in Jones v. Dirty World Recording Entertainment LLC

2014-06-17 Thread rupert THURNER
What does this decision mean in simple English? Rupert Am 17.06.2014 09:08 schrieb "Martijn Hoekstra" : > On Jun 17, 2014 3:55 AM, "Kevin Godfrey" > wrote: > > > > > > > On 17 Jun 2014, at 4:17 am, edward wrote: > > > > > >> On 16/06/2014 21:07, Newyorkbrad wrote: > > >> In its decision, the Si

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Court decision in Jones v. Dirty World Recording Entertainment LLC

2014-06-17 Thread Martijn Hoekstra
On Jun 17, 2014 3:55 AM, "Kevin Godfrey" wrote: > > > > On 17 Jun 2014, at 4:17 am, edward wrote: > > > >> On 16/06/2014 21:07, Newyorkbrad wrote: > >> In its decision, the Sixth Circuit takes a broad view of Section 230 and > >> holds that Section 230 protection is not lost even where the websit

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Court decision in Jones v. Dirty World Recording Entertainment LLC

2014-06-16 Thread Kevin Godfrey
> On 17 Jun 2014, at 4:17 am, edward wrote: > >> On 16/06/2014 21:07, Newyorkbrad wrote: >> In its decision, the Sixth Circuit takes a broad view of Section 230 and >> holds that Section 230 protection is not lost even where the website >> operator solicited contributors to post unsourced and un

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Court decision in Jones v. Dirty World Recording Entertainment LLC

2014-06-16 Thread Newyorkbrad
It's certainly a very troubling outcome given the facts of the case, which I was reporting rather than endorsing. The appeals court relied partly on the breadth of the statute enacted by Congress, and partly on the difficulty of drawing lines reflecting which types of conduct by a site-owner would

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Court decision in Jones v. Dirty World Recording Entertainment LLC

2014-06-16 Thread edward
On 16/06/2014 21:07, Newyorkbrad wrote: In its decision, the Sixth Circuit takes a broad view of Section 230 and holds that Section 230 protection is not lost even where the website operator solicited contributors to post unsourced and uncorroborated "dirt" about anyone they pleased, and even whe

[Wikimedia-l] Court decision in Jones v. Dirty World Recording Entertainment LLC

2014-06-16 Thread Newyorkbrad
(Cross-posted from my En-wiki talkpage) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has issued its decision today in *Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings LLC*. This is a well-known dispute involving