{"id":10041,"date":"2010-11-22T07:21:51","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T07:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ericgoldman.org\/archives\/2010\/11\/forwarding_defa_1.htm"},"modified":"2010-11-22T07:21:51","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T07:21:51","slug":"forwarding_defa_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ericgoldman.org\/archives\/2010\/11\/forwarding_defa_1.htm","title":{"rendered":"Forwarding Defamatory Email Immunized by 47 USC 230&#8211;Mitan v. A. Neumann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Goldman<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/43537953\/Mitan-v-A-Neumann-Ruling\">Mitan v. A. Neumann &#038; Associates<\/a>, 2010 WL 4782771 (D. N.J. Nov. 17, 2010)<\/p>\n<p>This is another email forwarding case.  Others in this line include <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ericgoldman.org\/archives\/2010\/02\/forwarding_defa.htm\">Phan v. Pham<\/a> (2010), <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ericgoldman.org\/archives\/2008\/03\/47usc230day.htm\">John Doe Anti-Terrorism Officer v. City of New York<\/a> (2008), <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ericgoldman.org\/archives\/2006\/11\/barrett_v_rosen_1.htm\">Barrett v. Rosenthal<\/a> (2006) and Batzel v. Smith (2003).<\/p>\n<p>In this case, a third party sent Neumann an email warning about Mitan and his family.  Neumann then &#8220;forwarded the Mitan Alert and accompanying message in an email to attorneys and individuals he had worked with in a recent business transaction, adding the following text to the email chain: &#8216;He is our guy, a known convicted federal felon. Tried several deals before with other companies, supposedly tried the out-of-the-country store before . . .'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The application of 230 to the forwarded contents is straightforward: 230 &#8220;provide[s] immunity from common law defamation claims for persons who republish the work of other persons through internet-based methodologies, such as websites, blogs, and email.&#8221;  Mitan tries to undercut 230 by saying that the forwarded email&#8217;s substance originated from a print newsletter, but the defendants in this case received and sent the contents by email, making 230&#8217;s application unambiguous.<\/p>\n<p>The court says that the introductory text added by Neumann does not refer to the plaintiff, so this completes the liability analysis.  Case dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Goldman Mitan v. A. Neumann &#038; Associates, 2010 WL 4782771 (D. N.J. Nov. 17, 2010) This is another email forwarding case. 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