Cubby v. CompuServe
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Cubby v. CompuServe was a 1991 court decision in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York which suggested that online companies would not be liable for the acts of their customers. Prior to this decision the liability risk was largely undecided. As liability in this case was a matter of state law, the 1995 New York state court decision in Stratton Oakmont, Inc. v. Prodigy Services Co. was seen as effectively overturning this decision and in turn led to the important free speech protections for internet service providers in the 1996 Communications Decency Act.
External link
- The decision (http://www.epic.org/free_speech/cubby_v_compuserve.html)