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Re: Any lawyers :-) (debunking editing myths)
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:54:41 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Seth Finkelstein <sethf () sethf com> Date: July 27, 2009 5:54:19 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>, Stagg Newman <lsnewmanjr () yahoo com> Subject: Re: [IP] Any lawyers :-) (debunking editing myths) Read lawyer Eric Goldman's material on this issue: http://www.ericgoldman.org/Speeches/47usc230c2.pdf (from http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2009/07/47_usc_230c2_ta.htm ) http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2008/05/content_generat.htm "Many people operate under the outdated myth that a site must choose to be either a publisher or a passive conduit" http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2009/02/2008_cyberlaw_y.htm "One of the long-standing Cyberlaw memes is that websites must either be passive conduits to avoid liability or active editors to manage their liability, but if a website chooses the latter, the website is liable for any editorial mistakes. That is, if the website edits its site but misses something, it's fully liable for what it missed. This simply isn't true under 47 USC 230, which allows websites to choose to be passive, active or anything in between without varying liability." http://www.ericgoldman.org/Speeches/230intro.pdf -- Seth Finkelstein Consulting Programmer http://sethf.com Infothought blog - http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/ Interview: http://sethf.com/essays/major/greplaw-interview.php ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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