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WROTE[WROTE] This case began when literary agent Barbara Bauer sued Wikimedia, claiming the organization was liable for statements identifying her as one of the “dumbest of the twenty worst” agents and that she had “no documented sales at all.

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Tech News[Tech News] Court Says Wikimedia Isn’t Liable For Statements On Wikipedia: Back in May, when literary agent Barbara Bauer sued the Wikimedia Foundation, claiming that it was liable for various critical comments on the site (such as the ones calling her the "dumbest of the twenty worst" agents, .

Industry Standard News and Predictions[Industry Standard News and Predictions] Judge: Wikipedia is immune from defamation lawsuits because of the CDA: The Electronic Freedom Foundation assisted with the defense of Wikimedia and successfully argued that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protected Wikimedia from liability of its users' comments because it is an operator of an "interactive computer service."

Recent Posts - Justia BlawgSearch.com[Recent Posts - Justia BlawgSearch.com] Wikipedia Wins Dismissal of Baseless Defamation Claims: This case began when literary agent Barbara Bauer sued Wikimedia, claiming the organization was liable for statements identifying her at one of the "dumbest of the twenty worst" agents and that she...

Docstoc feed for: BUZZ[Docstoc feed for: BUZZ] New Jersey Superior Court Judge James Perri chucked the famous ...: Bauer sued Wikipedia's parent operation - the Wikimedia Foundation - at the end of January, claiming that someone had posted a list of the "20 Worst Literary Agents" to the online encyclopedia and dubbed her the list's "dumbest." The Foundation denied Bauer's story, but it also claimed immunity under Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act. Section 230 protects net sites from liability when their users post defamatory material - even if the site is alerted to the defamation.

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MediaPost | Online Media News[MediaPost | Online Media News] Online Media Daily: Wikipedia Asks Court For Immunity From ...: But even without a clear track record of lawsuits against Wikipedia, other court decisions interpreting the Communications Decency Act give the site solid cause for optimism that the case will be dismissed, according to Eric Goldman, director of the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University. "There is no doubt that Wikimedia qualifies for (immunity) for any claims based on user submissions or edits to Wikipedia, and I would expect any associated lawsuit against Wikimedia alleging libel to be tossed quickly," he said.

The WOMMA Word Bloghttp://feeds.womma.org/~r/womma/~3/284698067/ [The WOMMA Word Blog] Wikipedia Argues Against Liability for Users' Posts: Wikipedia is fighting a liability suit brought against it by literary agent Barbara Bauer because of information posted about her on the site -- namely an article citing her as "the Dumbest of the 20 Worst" literary agents.

Daily Blog & News[Daily Blog & News] Court Says Wikimedia Isn’t Liable For Statements On Wikipedia: Back in May, when literary agent Barbara Bauer sued the Wikimedia Foundation, claiming that it was liable for various critical comments on the site (such as the ones calling her the “dumbest of the twenty worst” agents, .

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