A recent ruling in the California Supreme Court will come as much relief to bloggers everywhere. It reverses an earlier appeal court decision that held web publishers liable for anything published on their site. The Supreme Court decision makes is clear that web sites are not liable for libelous material posted in comments, or as quotes from other people. Do be careful though. I haven’t read the judgment in detail, but I suspect that if you paraphrase someone else’s libel, thereby presenting it as your own words, then you can still get into a lot of trouble.