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Nov. 21, 2006
Web Site Immunity
FOCUS COLUMN - By Chad Woodford - If a visitor posts libelous statements to a Web site and the Web site operator knows the statements are libelous, should the site operator be liable to the person who has been libeled?
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By Chad Woodford
If a visitor posts libelous statements to a Web site and the Web site operator knows the statements are libelous, should the site operator be liable to the person who has been libeled? That is the question the California Supreme Court will answer in December in the appeal from Barrett v. Rosenthal, 114 Cal.App.4th 1379 (2004). That case involves...
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