New York’s highest ruled in December that an Internet Service Provider (ISP) was not liable for defamatory content posted by a user since it only acts as a conduit for information and not as a publisher.
Prodigy Services Co. was sued for defamation by the father of a boy scout whose identity was used by an impostor to post vulgar messages on an electronic bulletin board service and to e-mail abusive, threatening and sexually explicit messages to a local scoutmaster.
The Court of Appeals