--- From: "Benoit Tabaka" <benoit.tabakaat_private> To: <declanat_private> Subject: The death of french unmoderated forums Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 22:40:01 +0200 Declan, A short piece of news from France. Yesterday, a french lower Court decided for the first time in Europe that a webmaster is responsible for comments published by Net surfers on unmoderated forums of its Internet site. This webmaster was sued for libel. This ruling sets a precedent whereby the webmaster (thus publisher) of a website can be held responsible for what is published in an non-moderated forum. This is the first step to the end for unmoderated online discussion on french (and perhaps european) websites. French décision : http://www.foruminternet.org/documents/jurisprudence/lire.phtml?id=323 Best regards, Benoît Tabaka - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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