[LINK] Another Case on Internet Publishing Responsibility

Roger Clarke Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
Wed Nov 22 10:00:57 AEDT 2006


Judge rules for Craigslist in discriminatory housing ads case
11/20/2006 4:49:19 PM, by Jon Stokes
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061120-8257.html

A federal judge in U.S. District Court in Chicago has ruled that
Craigslist is not responsible for openly discriminatory housing ads
placed on its site by users. In the case of Chicago Lawyers' Committee
for Civil Rights Under Law Inc. v. Craigslist Inc., No. 06C-0657 (N.D.
Ill.), Judge Amy St. Eve upheld Craigslist's argument that it is not a
"publisher" of housing ads, but merely a provider of online "interactive
services," and therefore is not liable for the content of users' posts
under the 1996 Communications Decency Act.

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