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on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:58:01 AM
The California Supreme Court heard a case a few months back that had the ability to turn the blogging world on its ear and essentially, shut it down completely. Today they published their decision on this critical free speech case.
The ramifications, if the California Supreme Court had found in favor of the plaintiff, would have been the equivalent of shutting down free speech through the blogosphere, and would have placed bloggers front and center in libel suits.
The winners would’ve been trial lawyers, congressmen and senators, war profiteers, campaign contributors, and the White House. …more