[isoc-ny] LAW.COM celebrates 20th anniversary of Zeran v. AOL

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These essays are a great gathering of viewpoints on the intractable, and
topical, issue of content rules. For instance, Sylvain argues for
"substantial retooling' of §230 to include good faith provisions,
Grimmelmann is equivocal, citing Godel: "no social system can be both
consistent and completely tolerant" but notes that, as other jurisdictions
increasingly legislate,  §230's influence is diminishing, while Zittrain
cautions against messing with §230's bright line.
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joly posted: "On November 10 2017 Eric Goldman and Jeff Kossoff published
Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Internet Law’s Most Important
Judicial Decision to mark the 20th anniversary of Zeran v. AOL, a landmark
decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that"


[image: Zeran v. America Online, Inc.] <https://g.co/kgs/aet2BY>On *November
10 2017* *Eric Goldman* and *Jeff Kossoff* published *Commemorating the
20th Anniversary of Internet Law’s Most Important Judicial Decision
<https://www.law.com/therecorder/sites/therecorder/2017/11/10/commemorating-the-20th-anniversary-of-internet-laws-most-important-judicial-decision/>*
to mark the 20th anniversary of *Zeran v. AOL
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeran_v._America_Online,_Inc.>*, a landmark
decision by the *Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals <https://g.co/kgs/aet2BY>*
that clarified and defined *47 U.S.C. §230
<https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCODE-2011-title47/USCODE-2011-title47-chap5-subchapII-partI-sec230/content-detail.html>*
aka *Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act *which established the
principle of immunity from liability for 'intermediary' providers e.g.
ISPs. The article notes

Together,
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§230 and the Zeran ruling helped create a trillion-dollar industry centered
around user-generated content. Because of its influence on such a key
issue, the Zeran ruling is widely considered the most important Internet
Law ruling ever.

The article introduces a series of essays by Internet law experts,
including *Jonathan Zittrain
<http://www.law.com/therecorder/sites/therecorder/2017/11/10/cda-230-then-and-now-does-intermediary-immunity-keep-the-rest-of-us-healthy/>*,
*James Grimmelmann
<http://www.law.com/therecorder/sites/therecorder/2017/11/10/no-esc/>*,
and *Olivier
Sylvain
<http://www.law.com/therecorder/sites/therecorder/2017/11/10/aol-v-zeran-the-cyberlibertarian-hack-of-%c2%a7230-has-run-its-course/>*,on
the history, merits and impact of the ruling.

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