Aaron has just been sued for content in comments left on his blog. This could be a precedent setting case that could have massive ramifications upon bloggers.
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6 Responses to “Blogger Sued for Comments on Blog” - Add Yours
Anthony
August 27th, 2005 5:56 pm
This sort of situation was bound to occur at one stage. Blogs and bloggers are part of society’s that have laws in place and blogs and bloggers are not immune from those laws.
Rauru Blog » Blog Archive » 訴訟を起こされた blog
August 27th, 2005 7:09 pm
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Connected
August 27th, 2005 10:40 pm
Here are some tips on avoiding online libel http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/blog/_archives/2005/3/25/533241.html
Netwalker
August 28th, 2005 12:42 pm
A month ago the site http://www.jujuy.com from Argentina had to paid $18,000 usd for a anonymous comment made on the site.
This was a great shock for all latin-american sites (and specially for the blogs), because it was the first time any thing like that happened.
So beside taking care of the spam comments, we have to be aware of all the comments in our blogs.
Lumpy
August 28th, 2005 7:11 pm
This is sad.
Especially if you do a search on the company doing the sueing…
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August 31st, 2005 10:56 pm
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