Bloggers can feel safer. Federal Court ruled that a blogger cannot be sued for what a commenter says. Fair enough, though like someone said in the Slashdot discussion, a suit against the commenter is not that all frivolous. It might be difficult since asserting commenter’s identity can be a little more difficult.
Though it is true, the title is not absolutely true. This applies only to the bloggers in United States of America. I am unsure of rules elsewhere. I have a feeling that in India this has not been thought about. But I am not aware of these rules even in the rest of the world. Any idea?
February 27th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
I think there is an error - “Bloggers can feel a safer.”
I have no idea of any such rules - although I am quite sure there is no protection to Indian Bloggers! Unless some major incident happens - nobody will care.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Rohit, thanks for pointing out the mistake, as usual.
Yes, unfortunately, our Indian cyber laws seem to be reactive than proactive. With the Indian blogosphere growing fast, this has to be given some importance.
March 2nd, 2007 at 10:36 am
Well, that’s good for people in the US but people in the international community are left wondering?