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June 30, 2003

1st Amendment Rights Extended to Online Publishers

from a Wired News story by Xeni Jardin

02:00 AM Jun. 30, 2003 PT
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last Tuesday that Web loggers, website operators and e-mail list editors can't be held responsible for libel for information they republish, extending crucial First Amendment protections to do-it-yourself online publishers...

Read the full Wired News story | BoingBoing

Posted by Turfdigger at June 30, 2003 4:18 PM
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