[LINK] US court says online forum comments are opinion, not fact

[Danny Yee]

>From Slashdot, so most of you will have seen this already
	http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172455.html

	For example, if Dan Rather says something about ComputerXpress
	or its management on the nightly news, that is different
	than someone who can't even spell right posting something
	on a message board," Gray continued. "This ruling protects
	John Doe who is just speaking his mind on the Internet to a
	wide audience."

The connection with censorship is that our legislators keep failing
to realise that net users aren't film distribution companies...

Danny.