http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-10-10-internet-defamation-case_x.htm

Jury awards $11.3M over defamatory Internet posts

Posted 10/10/2006 10:07 PM ET A Florida woman has been awarded $11.3 million in a defamation lawsuit against a Louisiana woman who posted messages on the Internet accusing her of being a "crook," a "con artist" and a "fraud." Legal analysts say the Sept. 19 award by a jury in Broward County, Fla. — first reported Friday by the Daily Business Review — represents the largest such judgment over postings on an Internet blog or message board. Lyrissa Lidsky, a University of Florida law professor who specializes in free-speech issues, calls the award "astonishing."....

Goodness gracious, Every time you open the news, Internet, newspapers, anything anymore, its all NEGATIVE. Whats Happening to the World, CITGO Doing Business in the USA, Owned by The Venezuelan Government, Free Speech Out the Window, Nuclear Bombs and Atom Bomb Testing, Kids getting Shot at school. Makes a person Want to move to the woods? Whats Up with the World Today?

What Can WE DO to Make the World a better Place for all?

http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/cp_z112019A.xml.html

California court: websites not liable for libel in third-party postings
Nov 20, 2006 6:15 PM US/Eastern

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Websites that publish inflammatory information written by other parties cannot be sued for libel, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday.

Unless the U.S. Congress revises the existing law, people who claim they were defamed in an Internet posting can only seek damages from the original source of the statement, the court ruled.

I though I had posted this before I left the office but had received an error under a new thread called Legal issues. It seems now when I am logged in I see the post under Legal Issues but when I am not logged in I