Tweet A California appeals court has weighed in on the sticky question of when the forwarder of a potentially defamatory email loses Communications Decency Act (“CDA”) section 230 immunity. In Hung Tan Phan v. Lang Van Pham, the President of a group of Vietnamese Navy and Merchant Marine veterans sent an email to fellow veterans. In the email, he wrote that another veteran, Hung Tan …
Tag Archive: Defamation
Jan 20
Gripe Site Did Not Have to Remove Defamatory Post
Tweet A recent federal court case in Illinois demonstrates just how hard it is for people who are defamed online to remove offending posts. When two individuals posted on four Web sites a variety of unflattering statements about David, Mary, and Lisa Blockowicz, the Blockowicz’s sued the posters for a preliminary injunction on the ground they had been defamed. When the defendants …
Nov 25
Did Courtney Love’s Tweets Libel a Designer?
Tweet When Courtney Love allegedly posted on Twitter that fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir was an “asswipe nasty lying hosebag thief”; and on MySpace that Simorangkir was a prostitute and drug addict; and on the Web site – ”Etsy” (where Simorangkir sold products) that the designer “stole cash and goods” from Love – she probably didn’t have a second thought. After all, Ms. Love was …
Nov 23
WIPO: Anti-Glenn Beck Domain Name Was Not Defamatory
Tweet Legal disputes over allegedly defamatory statements on blogs and social media sites are fairly common. But what happens when an individual claims that the domain name itself is defamatory? On September 1, Isaac Eiland-Hall registered the domain name — glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlinthe1990s.com. The Web site found at this domain name contained the following notice: “This site is parody/satire. We …
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