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lotusofro · 07-12-2008, 05:19 PM

It's called the Communications Decency Act, and YES it does protect people who run muds from just such law suits. Technically you can sue anyone, but they DO get thrown out of court.

Entirely different. Viacom is suing YouTube for inappropriately allowing copyrighted content. YouTube's defense is the Communications Decency Act and it likely will go to the Supreme Court. How they decide to view the CDA will determine the future of such lawsuits. Unfortunately, it appears from reading the CDA that YouTube can't be held liable.

Right but, if it is thrown out of court (and it likely would be) then the defendent can counter-sue and get their legal fees taken care of by the original suer.

I don't think a smart lawyer would take the case unless the idiot (see suer) just wanted to throw their money away.

The fact is the CDA protects the Publisher from users who participate in inappropriate behavior.

07-12-2008, 05:19 PM	#4
lotusofro New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 17	Re: The PG13 Dilemma It's called the Communications Decency Act, and YES it does protect people who run muds from just such law suits. Technically you can sue anyone, but they DO get thrown out of court. Entirely different. Viacom is suing YouTube for inappropriately allowing copyrighted content. YouTube's defense is the Communications Decency Act and it likely will go to the Supreme Court. How they decide to view the CDA will determine the future of such lawsuits. Unfortunately, it appears from reading the CDA that YouTube can't be held liable. Right but, if it is thrown out of court (and it likely would be) then the defendent can counter-sue and get their legal fees taken care of by the original suer. I don't think a smart lawyer would take the case unless the idiot (see suer) just wanted to throw their money away. The fact is the CDA protects the Publisher from users who participate in inappropriate behavior.