Edited by author 06-30-2003 12:44 PM
Good! About time. Now when people harass me to remove archived posts from mailing lists archives, claiming they have been slandered/libeled/whatever'd and threatening me, I can securely put my thumb to my nose and say "Pthhhhhh!" Or something a little nicer.

This is a horrible decision -- we're supposed to jump up and down because these two folks get away with spreading libelous accusations?

If someone e-mails me and says "I overheard someone saying that that Xeni Jardin is a child molester" and I simply post that as-is on my weblog, you really think I should be exempt from the sort of libel laws that a newspaper in that situation would have to face?

If the e-mail had just been sent to an automated list address I could see this, but it was sent to Cremers privately and he choose to redistribute it on his list. He deserves to be held responsible for such willfull negligence (btw, what sort of asshole just passes on info. like that without trying to verify it? Hey some handyman said it an e-mail, it must be true!)

Well, Mr. Carnell, I see you're new around here. Regular BoingBoing readers know I'm accused of being a child molester/pedophile/art slut on these discuss boards every day.

But hey, suing defamatory discuss board flamers... hadn't thought of that one before. Thanks! --XJ