EFF "Cases Stratton Oakmont Inc. & Porush v. Prodigy" Archive

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cix_prodigy_appeal_amicus.brief

Amicus curiae brief and associated motions & affidavits submitted to the appellate court by the Commercial Internet eXchange Assoc. (CIX) in support of Prodigy's appeal. Aug. 28, 1995.

prodigy_censorship_godwin.article

Mike Godwin, "PRODIGY STUMBLES AS A FORUM...AGAIN". On some days, Prodigy representatives tell us they're running "the Disney Channel of online services." On other days the service is touted as a forum for "the free expression of ideas." But management has missed the conflict between these two missions. And it is just this unperceived conflict that has led the B'nai B'rith's Anti-Defamation League to launch a protest against the online service. These censorship policies got Prodigy into serious trouble in a civil lawsuit that holds Prodigy responsible for the posts of users, since Prodigy was found to have exercised editorial control over such posts.

prodigy_decision_eff.summary

EFF summary of the court's decision in the Straton Oakmont Inc. & Daniel Porush v. Prodigy Services Company case, in which Prodigy was held liable for users' postings, because Prodigy's censorship policy amounts to editorial control and therefore editorial responsibility.

stratton-oakmont_porush_v_prodigy_et-al.decision

the court's decision in the Straton Oakmont Inc. & Daniel Porush v. Prodigy Services Company case, in which Prodigy was held liable for users' postings, because Prodigy's censorship policy amounts to editorial control and therefore editorial responsibility.

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