Comments on: An Interesting Online Personal Jurisdiction Ruling (No, Really!)–Rotblut v. Terrapinn https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/10/an-interesting-online-personal-jurisdiction-ruling-no-really-rotblut-v-terrapinn.htm Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Eric Goldman https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/10/an-interesting-online-personal-jurisdiction-ruling-no-really-rotblut-v-terrapinn.htm#comment-1680 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:21:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=16536#comment-1680 In reply to TeenWolfDC.

If Wilkins was an independent contractor, not an employee, Section 230 ought to apply. See, e.g., https://epic.org/free_speech/blumenthal_v_drudge.html

]]> By: TeenWolfDC https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/10/an-interesting-online-personal-jurisdiction-ruling-no-really-rotblut-v-terrapinn.htm#comment-1679 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 15:55:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=16536#comment-1679 If Terrapinn hired Wilkins to write the content, how would Section 230 be a potentially key defense for Terrapinn? Perhaps it would be for Terrapinn’s holding company if its only link was publishing the article.

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