Biocrawler talk:Request for immediate removal of copyright violation

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Looking at this discussion it seems like we need some other immediate takedown mechanisms, most notably for defamation? --(talk)BozMo 10:25, 12 May 2004 (UTC)

No, because the Biocrawler and Wikimedia Foundation are effectively immune from defamation claims and because defamation is easy to remove from any non-protected page by simply editing the page to remove it. Those with liability are only those who are inserting the defamation. You can find a brief overview of US liability issues at Online service provider law. Short version: the hosting place isn't liable, the contributor may be. Jamesday 09:34, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)