Kazaa Sues Blogger Over Anonymous Comments

The parent company of the controversial filesharing service Kazaa has filed suit in a Canadian court against p2pnet.net over alleged libelous comments made in the blog's comments section. The result of the lawsuit could have broad implications on the level of responsibility bloggers and forum hosts hold for third party (often anonymous) comments. A publication of Interserver, Inc., run by John Newton, p2pnet was named in the suit alongside "John Doe, Jane Roe, Richard Roe, and Jane Roe," all anonymous and still unknown commentators on Newton's blog. The comments were directed toward Kazaa's CEO Nikki Hemming in reference to a here.") Drag this to your Bookmarks. Add to document.write("Del.icio.us") Yahoo My Web