Judge Dismisses Bauer Lawsuit Against Wikimedia/Wikipedia

On Tuesday, Barbara Bauer’s defamation suit against Wikipedia/Wikimedia was dismissed on the grounds that the CDA provided a safe harbor for websites that host content created by others. I thought that this would be the ruling

“To date, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has begun to be interpreted fairly broadly to immunize websites from the actions of its commenters (and in Wikipedia’s case, the actions of the webizens who edit it).”

Claims still exist against 19 individuals and the SFF Writers of America.

Thanks to Jia.

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JaneJane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. She's currently loving contemporary authors like Sarah Mayberry and Kristan Higgins but her first love will always be the historical. Some of her old time favorites are Amanda Quick and Johanna Lindsey and some of the new favorites are Sherry Thomas, Joanna Bourne and Claudia Dain. Email this author | All posts by Jane

4 comments to “Judge Dismisses Bauer Lawsuit Against Wikimedia/Wikipedia”

  1. 1

    Question: So is Bauer responsible for paying the cost of Wiki’s lawyers since her suit is dismissed?

  2. 2

    The court dismissed the current case against Wikimedia/Wikipedia for reprinting claims made by others, but left Bauer free to refile against Wikimedia/Wikipedia for defamatory claims made directly by them against her.

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