Internet Marketing Blog » Legal http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com/blog Read from the Dream Systems Media online marketing blog covering topics related to SEO and internet business blog for ecommerce businesses and small business owners and marketers. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:05:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Google execs face defamation charges http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com/blog/index.php/google-execs-face-defamation-charges/ http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com/blog/index.php/google-execs-face-defamation-charges/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:32:47 +0000 David Mink http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com/blog/?p=16 Apparently an Italian prosecutor has ordered 4 Google Executives to appear in a court in Milan, Italy to face defamation charges. The charges stem from a cell phone video, posted to Google, of 4 Italian high-school males taunting another young Italian male with down syndrome. The charges were brought by an Italian down syndrome advocacy group called Vividown and the kid’s father.

Defamation is defined as the act of injuring another’s reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral.

The legal question here is: Can a party (like Google) be punished for the way its site is used by third parties?

In the United States the answer is probably not. Under 47 U.S.C. sec. 230(c)(1) (CDA Sec. 230): “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.” This provision is generally interpreted by U.S. Courts to provide protection against defamation claims made against ISPs.

But this is Italy, and I really don’t have a clue how they generally rule on issues like this one!

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At DSM I wear the hat of “Chief Legal Officer” and thoroughly enjoy posting on Internet Legal topics involving trademarks, domain names, copyrights, privacy issues, etc.

If you have suggestions for topics you would like to read more about please email me at dmink (at) dreamsystemsmedia (dot) com. Please note that I cannot answer questions relating to specific fact situations because…

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my posts are NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Please read our Legal Disclaimer page.

However, I am happy to discuss news and events!

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