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Re: Liability of content, by owners Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2008 18:50:12 +0100

On Fri, 9 May 2008 09:56:56 -0700 (PDT),
someone_else_of_course@hotmail.co.uk wrote:

>Thanks to all for the input. One last question, what about libel? If
>someone wishes to sue a website which is technically the intellectual
>property of my company, would they therefore be able to sue the
>company? I don't understand how a company can take ownership of what I
>produce, but avoid the fallout if I produce something which causes
>trouble. Strikes me that they get the best of both worlds.

In the case of libel you would primarily be suing the *publisher*
rather than the person who wrote the libel or owns the copyright to
the libel. If it is published on a web site, then the company or
person who controls the web site would be the publisher.

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Cynic

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