holding the owner of an internet forum liable for defamatory remarks posted by users against the Spanish pop singer Ramoncín; the court considered that the owner of the forum did not qualify for the hosting exemption because (a) the defamatory nature of the contents was self-evident and thus the defendant should be deemed aware of facts or circumstances indicating illegal activity, and (b) the website owner was negligent as it did not provide enough contact details to be notified about illegal content.
holding YouTube not liable for copyright infringement; the plaintiff had not properly identified the allegedly infringing videos; YouTube met the conditions required by the hosting safe harbor and thus was exempted from liability.
holding the owner of an internet forum not liable for its users’ defamatory messages; the website owner complied with the hosting exemption’s requirements to be free from liability as it had no actual knowledge or awareness of facts or circumstances revealing the illegal nature of the offensive comment, and promptly removed it once notified about it.
holding the owner of a website not liable for defamatory comments posted by one user; the defendant qualified for the hosting safe harbor and thus was exempted from liability.