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[Australian Broadband Deals] Wikipedia in court over defamation claims: Wikipedia has been caught up in a defamation case after a New Jersey literary agent received an unflattering entry in the online encyclopaedia..
[Peter Black's Freedom to Differ] Wikipedia seeks CDA immunity ... and should get it: But even without a cleartrack record of lawsuits against Wikipedia, other court decisionsinterpreting the Communications Decency Act give the site solid causefor optimism that the case will be dismissed, according to EricGoldman, director of the High Tech Law Institute at Santa ClaraUniversity. "There is no doubt that Wikimedia qualifies for (immunity)for any claims based on user submissions or edits to Wikipedia, and Iwould expect any associated lawsuit against Wikimedia alleging libel tobe tossed quickly,"
[Original Signal - Transmitting Tech] Wikipedia in court over defamation claims: Shaun Nichols in California, vnunet.com, Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 10:19:00 Site prepares to defend itself Wikipedia has been caught up in a defamation case after a New Jersey literary agent received an unflattering entry in the online .
[John H. Gohde on The Trolls of Wikipedia] John Gohde says Opinions Cannot Be Considered Defamatory: A literary agent, Barbara Bauer, is bravely suing Wikipedia for publishing negative comments about her made back in 2006. That Wikipedian article allegedly claimed that she was the “dumbest of the twenty worst”
[p2pnet news] Wikipedia v literary agent Barbara Bauer: Stumble It! EFF - EFF and Sheppard Mullin Defend Wikipedia in Defamation Case, May 2, 2008 SFWA post - Barbara Bauer Literary Agency, Inc: the scam, and the biggest mistake of her career, May 6, 2007 .
[Privacy Digest - News that can impact your privacy.] EFF and Sheppard Mullin Defend Wikipedia in Defamation Case: Literary agent Barbara Bauer filed a complaint in New Jersey Superior Court in January against Wikipedia posters as well as the site itself, claiming in part that the Wikimedia Foundation was liable for statements identifying her as one the "dumbest of the twenty worst" agents and that she had "no documented sales at all." In court papers filed Thursday, Wikimedia argues that under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, operators of "interactive computer services" such as Wikipedia cannot be held liable for users' comments.
[indianpad - Popular Stories] Suing Wikipedia for Calling You 'Dumb' ?: Bauer was included on a list of the twenty worst agents back in 2006 and that list was widely circulated in the blogosphere. The controversy was discussed at the time by writer Teresa Nielsen Hayden, who called Bauer a “well-known scam agent” and the “dumbest of the twenty worst.” Even before that, writers were complaining about her agency in various discussion forums.
[Nabble - English Wikipedia] Re: Our first defamation case?: has taken my class in Defamation A101 (for idiots) understands is not actionable. It's very clear to children that calling someone a name is not defamation and it doesn't even matter if you do it using a loudspeaker like Wikipedia.
[Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com] Before Suing Wikipedia, Maybe Do A Wikipedia Search On Section 2...: A literary agent named Barbara Bauer has sued Wikipedia for defamation after someone put a page up on Wikipedia that was quite negative about her -- with statements saying that she was the "dumbest of the twenty worst" agents, .
[UD/RK Samhälls Debatt] Wikipedia (Wicked Pedia) bias - Or How Global Warming Hysterics ...: To counter my criticism, the Wikipedia editor posted a rebuttal on the National Post’s blog, which I and a few other Post editors manage. I must confess that I took a mischievous delight at the thought of instantly deleting the rebuttal in revenge - something I am able to do.
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