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[ NNSquad ] Italian court: Online editors not responsible for reader comments
Italian court: Online editors not responsible for reader comments http://j.mp/tS009Q (ITWorld) "Online commentators Wednesday welcomed a ruling by Italy's highest court that the editors of online publications cannot be held legally responsible for defamatory comments posted by their readers. ... The liberalizing effect of the court ruling contrasts with previous legal developments that have tended to curtail the freedom of the Internet in Italy. In February 2010 three Google executives were sentenced to six-month suspended prison sentences for allowing a video showing the bullying of a handicapped child to be posted on the Google Video site. And in September activists protested in Rome against a draft law that would have forced online publications to publish corrections within 48 hours or risk a 12,000 Euros (US$16,000) fine. The law was subsequently modified by parliament, but several commentators accused former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of trying to introduce a restrictive Internet regime in Italy to protect his political and business interests." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com