Free Speech on the Internet Options
BuzWeaver
#1 Posted: : Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:34:24 AM
Rank: You're gonna stick that where?


Groups: Registered User

Joined: 5/9/2006
Posts: 182
Points: 0
Location: Atlanta, GA - USA

This will be interesting to follow:

 

The California Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in San Francisco Tuesday on whether someone who posts a defamatory comment by another person on the Internet can be sued for libel.

Two civil liberties groups say the court’s eventual ruling, due in three months, could have far-reaching implications for free speech on the Internet.

While the case before the court concerns individuals-a Canadian doctor seeking to sue a women’s health activist for posting a third person’s comment about him-the court’s ruling could also determine whether Internet service providers can be held liable when they knowingly allow defamatory remarks to be posted.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/09/05/free-speech-on-the-internet/

MakeSureItsCharcoalGrilled
#2 Posted: : Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:54:43 AM
Rank: Medium-Well


Groups: Registered User

Joined: 5/9/2006
Posts: 2,411
Points: -2
Location: the bottom of the bottle...
ah for fuck sake.... more intrusion.... let them go fuck 'emselves if they try to censor us.
yeah, i'm a cranky 'oul fucker. deal with it.
reaper
#3 Posted: : Wednesday, September 06, 2006 11:59:42 AM
Rank: You're gonna stick that where?


Groups: Registered User

Joined: 7/30/2006
Posts: 398
Points: 0
Location: behind you!

FUCK CENSORSHIP this is the god dam internet a place to globally communicate and just like in real life your bound to talk shit about someone at some point in time

i mean you dont see people getting sued for starting rumors and such at schools and offices

its bad enough the gov has fucked away most of our rights but to add censorship to the internet is fucking unthinkable


MakeSureItsCharcoalGrilled wrote:
you, sir, are a complete dickhead! thank you for your insightful contribution. please don't ever return.

wdf? wrote:
dragon loses

Cantrip wrote:
EXSUGO MEUS TESTIS

abby whip pwnage! -------------(>*.*)>----->


Dragon
#4 Posted: : Wednesday, September 06, 2006 12:58:48 PM
Rank: Administration


Groups: {pDs} Member, Server Admin, WDFNews.com Official Mapper

Joined: 5/31/2006
Posts: 3,454
Points: 445
Location: Merryland
reaper wrote:

FUCK CENSORSHIP

congrats, you spelled it right.


Cantrip wrote:
When I die, I want to be reincarnated as a woman's jogging bra.
reaper
#5 Posted: : Wednesday, September 06, 2006 3:25:21 PM
Rank: You're gonna stick that where?


Groups: Registered User

Joined: 7/30/2006
Posts: 398
Points: 0
Location: behind you!
yea i totally blow at spelling so i installed the spell checker lmfao

MakeSureItsCharcoalGrilled wrote:
you, sir, are a complete dickhead! thank you for your insightful contribution. please don't ever return.

wdf? wrote:
dragon loses

Cantrip wrote:
EXSUGO MEUS TESTIS

abby whip pwnage! -------------(>*.*)>----->


Shizzle
#6 Posted: : Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:33:52 PM
Rank: You're gonna stick that where?


Groups: {pDs} Member

Joined: 5/10/2006
Posts: 453
Points: 0
Location: Gaston, OR
reaper wrote:

i mean you dont see people getting sued for starting rumors and such at schools and offices


Actually, you do. You can be sued for harassment by starting rumors. There are lawsuits all the time filed against schools when someone's child is being harassed. If the school has proof that they have tried to stop such behaviors, the rumor-starter usually ends up getting fucked, or his parents.

Not sure how it works in the office, but I do know there are plenty of sexual harassment lawsuits for rumors.


I'm not saying that I want more censorship on the internet, but these kinds of lawsuits pop up all the time in other places.


AKA Shinobi
Quote:
Kick some giga-butt
Business
#7 Posted: : Friday, September 08, 2006 11:35:04 AM
Rank: Dutchess of Doodoo



Groups: Registered User, Server Admin, WDFNews.com Official Mapper

Joined: 6/3/2006
Posts: 2,239
Points: 330
Location: $L
HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You can get sued for starting rumors????????? That's very sad. I lit a 30 foot tree on fire during lunch in middle school and I had to have lunch with the principle the next day.

Seriously people are starting to take things too fucking far. What happened to the good ol days I heard about where you could get out of a ticket by taking the cop to the bar and buying him a whiskey. People need to chill the fuck out. It must be all the TERRORISM!!!
You wanna take this to Fuck Town?
Oh gadzooks, yes!
Users browsing this topic
Guest
Forum Jump  
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.