Trouble in Toyland, a win for us Web Publishers, and a help request
First, I want to bring everyones attention to Trouble in Toyland. A consumer group’s list of toys that are choking hazards or have toxic chemicals in them. Very sad that there has to be a watchdog group out there catching these sorts of things. The manufacturers should know better. Frankly, I find it gross negligence on their part.
On Monday, the Supreme Court of California overturned the lower court’s decision in Barrett v. Rosenthal. Many people were sweating this out and it is nice to see the Supreme Court reach the right decision here.
The ruling in favor of free online expression was a victory for a San Diego woman who was sued by two doctors for posting an allegedly libelous e-mail on two Web sites. In reversing an appellate court’s decision, the state Supreme Court ruled that the Communications Decency Act of 1996 provides broad immunity from defamation lawsuits for people who publish information on the Internet that was gathered from another source.
Picture what was at issue: A Troll comes onto your site and posts a comment defaming another person. As you are the owner of the site that “published” the comment, you are liable for defamation as much as the person who actually did the defaming. If this case went the wrong way, we could quickly have this situation.
Lastly, I’m asking for help in building my list of Dad Bloggers. PLEASE! Take a look and let me know if I missed anyone. So far we have 111 Dad Bloggers on the list. Surely we have more than that online. Don’t we??
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