Threatened Lawsuit Against Blogger

Justene Adamec writes the Calblog, reporting and commenting on politics and the law from California. In so doing, she attracts a variety of visitors who comment on her posts. In one post, regarding a company named Infotel Publications, some comments were offensive to that company. This prompted Infotel to have their lawyers send Justene a letter threatening to sue her and her "agents" [visitors leaving comments] for invasion of privacy, misrepresentation and interference with economic relations.

Justene has been threatened to be sued for what is written by her visitors in the comments section, which she doesn't edit. This writer does the same. If someone leaves a comment, it appears as written unless the comment is obscene or vulgar. Probably most bloggers operate in the same manner. So, if Justene is legally liable for what's in her comments section, we're all screwed.

I'll be following the situation closely. Follow the link for more information.