Winston Churchill said that "the price of greatness is responsibility." Well, this maximum can be perfectly applied to the growth of the blogosphere and the proliferation of legal action for defamation made ​​through the blog. A stir aroused the news of a recent judgment of a jury in Broward County, Fla., who sentenced a woman from Louisiana to pay the record sum of 11.3 million dollars for calling in a post a businesswoman as "scammer and cheater".
However, if it were not for the amount of compensation, the news does not seem as impressive considering the fact that, according to a principle in chief, each
accountable for their statements and do not see why this should not be for posts and comments on blogs hosted.

The real sticking point is represented by the blogger responsible for the comments about their visitors. In Italy the debate was opened by a recent
judgment which the Court of Aosta has sentenced a blogger holding him responsible for the comments on your hosted web space, comparing it to the Director
running a newspaper. This orientation, which has received critical authoritative and acceptable, puts the owner of the blog in a position to eliminate in a timely comments which insult the reputation of others.
The blogger becomes real censor, thus unduly limiting the freedom of expression of thought that is the fundamental right of everyone and that is behind the growth of the blogosphere.

PS A testimonial dell'attualitàdel issue, we mark a very recent decision of the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Paris made ​​against Google. The Judge Alps, shared in an attempt to restrict the responsibility of the provider (and the blogger) and reduce preventive censorship, said the principle that the provider is obliged to remove illegal content or to prevent access when the 'is manifest illegality or the decision of a judge orders him.