Websites not liable for third party posts - court
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Lawyers stunned by common sense ruling The California Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling on Monday stating that websites can't be sued over third-party content, the Associated Press reports.â¦
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By Eric Louie, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep. 14--An Alameda County prosecutor said he will not ask a judge to force the mother of a murder suspect to remove trial-related postings she made on a MySpace.com page set up for her daughter.
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The following comments were posted on the gazette.com Web site in response to recent stories headlined in bold below. The Gazette edited the comments for spelling and shortened some of them, but the paper makes no claim as to their accuracy.
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Grokster and StreamCast are not liable for the swapping of copyright content through their file-sharing software, a federal appeals court ruled today.
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A federal appeals court yesterday ruled that two developers of file-sharing programs are not legally liable for the copyrighted content their users swap online.
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SAN FRANCISCO Grokster and StreamCast Networks are not liable for the swapping of copyright content like movies and music through their file-sharing software, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, in a blow to film studios and record labels.
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By Dennis Rockstroh, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 19--If you haven't been faithfully checking out the Consumer Action blog (http:// blogs. mercurynews. com/ consumer   actionline), here are some of the things you missed.
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A picture caption last week with an article about an invitation-only social networking Web site misstated its address. It is aSmallWorld.net, not aSmallWorld.com.
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File-sharing applications Morpheus and Grokster were claiming legal victory after a US court said it was not responsible for protecting the copyrights of material swapped on its person-to-person network.
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In a major setback for the music and movie industries, a federal appeals court upholds a lower court's decision in the infamous Grokster case, ruling peer-to-peer services Morpheus and Grokster are not liable for the copyright infringement of their users. By Katie Dean.
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Keep our web sites free! Silicon Justice Is this the dawning of the age of the defamation take-down notice?â¦
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The makers of two leading file-sharing programs are not legally liable for the songs, movies, and other copyright works swapped online by their users, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday as it delivered a stinging blow to the entertainment industry.
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A Belgian court rules that the search company violates copyright law by providing free access to news stories that online newspapers generally charge for. By the Associated Press.
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Lower courts had ruled that the companies are not liable for copyright violations committed by users.
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Employers have been warned that they could be held liable for comments made by their employees on "blogs" or in chat rooms.
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Can the act of file sharing take place "passively," without the users' direct involvement; and if so, can they no longer be held liable for copyright infringement? That's the question a US district court is preparing to consider.
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Grokster, Morpheus not liable for user's actions, appeals court says.