Big court win for Bloggers!

I forgot to post this VERY important court victoryfor Bloggers. The California Supreme Court has ruled that Bloggers, not just ISPs and web sites providers, are immune from civil liabilty for posting defamatory statements authored by third parties. The Court ruled that those defamed have to seek redress by suing the original author(s) of the defaming statements. Read the Court's opinion here. Though the case is in California and the decision affects only that state, the Court's reasoning could persuade other courts to rule the same way for their jurisdictions. Somewhere down the road, though, the U. S. Supreme Court will have to weigh in on the issue, but until then, this news is about as big as it gets for Bloggers.