Associations can not be sued for blogger comments

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Posted on 11/26/2006 at 05:45:46 PM by Zach Wilson

This is a huge breakthrough for association ed's and board members who fear the legal implications of having a blog associated with the organization. It appears

Bloggers and website owners cannot be sued for posting libelous or defamatory comments written by third parties, the California Supreme Court has ruled. The court said only the original authors of comments published online can be sued.

*This was originally discovered by high context consulting

Posted In Association 2.0

4 Comments

Posted Nov 27, 2006 9:20 AM by Sue Pelletier

I heard that there is an exception to this ruling: That if someone edits the comment, even just to correct a typo, then you would be liable, rather than the commenter. Have you heard this?

Posted Nov 27, 2006 10:59 AM by Fred Simmons

I have heard that. Odd little addition. Though, in general, I think it's bad practice to edit someone else's comments.

Posted Jun 06, 2007 8:03 PM by Jim K

Hmm...It\'s very interesting. Thanks for the onformation.

Posted Jun 10, 2007 10:20 PM by kazela

I think it's bad practice to edit someone else's comments.