Court: ISPs Not Liable For Content

PerlDiver writes: "Free speech online scored a major win Wednesday. A federal judge ruled that ISPs are not responsible (under Section 230 of the CDA) for the content of Web sites hosted using their services. This goes a long way to removing the incentive for service providers to proactively censor such sites. (Interestingly enough, the case in question involved sites selling tapes of nude college athletes, shot in locker rooms without their knowledge.)" We've seen a number of cases like this, where an offended party tries to target the deep pockets of the ISP rather than the actual offender - that section of the CDA seems to be working as designed, however, to prevent these.