Section 230 Immunity Provides Protection from Defamation Claim Made Against Amazon.com

Defending yourself against a defamation lawsuit when you are a content publisher typically involves a defense of Section 230 Immunity under the Communications Decency Act (CDA).  In the case Parisi v. Sinclair, 2011 WL 1206193 (D.C. D.C. March 31, 2011), Amazon and other book publishers were able to successfully file a motion to dismiss against the plaintiff, dismissing the internet defamation-based claims under Section 203 of the CDA, and the remaining claims (offline book sales) because they did not act with the required malice.  You can check out the rest of Eric Goldman's analysis of the case in his post, "Online Booksellers Get 47 USC 230 Immunity for Publisher-Supplied Marketing Collateral--Parisi v. Sinclair."

What Can I Do About Defamation of Character on the Internet?

My name is Enrico Schaefer, welcome to Defamation Law Radio. We get this question a lot “What can I do about defamation of character on the internet?”  When you believe you’ve been defamed online, there are a number of different strategies that you can put in place in order to try and either minimize the problem or resolve the problem, but the variables are extensive. 

Internet defamation comes in so many different forms and in so many varieties.  It is propagated across so many types of websites.  So, if you have been the victim, or you believe you’ve been the victim of internet-based defamation of character, the first thing you need to do is do a proper assessment of your situation. 

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