Jun. 30, 2009
Third Time'sThe Harm
A recent 9th Circuit case provides strong incentive for third-party Internet service providers to review their Web site terms and conditions, writes Andrew Boortz.
The Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. Section 230, provides strong protections for interactive computer services providers from a host of non-criminal, non-intellectual property-related causes of action, but only so long as the computer services provider did not engage in the offending conduct. For example, America Online was not liable for defamatory statements made by one of its users on the AOL system. See Zeran v. American Online, ...
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