i in the us they have cleared a libel case of a chatroom sayin that they arent reposnible fo what a third party (MP!!!!) writes.
"the supreme court... bla bla.... provided broad immunity from defamation suits for internet outlets(ooh! "outlets" how swanky) that published information gathered fom anoher source."
OUR HERO writes
( in a slightly "stating the obvious" moment but hey who cares)
" it recognises that peopel host noticeboards and they contain material from third parties. it's not he same as material put up by the providers"