Editing CompuServe (section)

== Legal cases ==
In 1991, CompuServe was sued for defamation in one of the early cases testing the application of traditional law to the internet in ''[[Cubby, Inc. v. CompuServe Inc.|Cubby v. CompuServe]]''. Although defamatory content was posted on one of its forums, CompuServe was not liable for this content because it was unaware of the content and did not exercise editorial control of the forum.

A November 1993 copyright infringement lawsuit regarding about 900 songs was settled two years later, with payment to be divided among publishers of the songs.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 8, 1995 |title=Compuserve to Settle Suit |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/08/business/the-media-business-compuserve-to-settle-suit.html}}</ref>

In 1995, CompuServe blocked access to [[sex]]-oriented [[newsgroup]]s after being pressured by [[Bavaria]]n prosecutors.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nash |first=Nathaniel |date=January 15, 1996 |title=Holding Compuserve Responsible |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/15/business/holding-compuserve-responsible.html |access-date=July 9, 2019 |quote=Compuserve's troubles started on Nov. 22}}</ref> In 1997, after CompuServe reopened the newsfeeds, [[Felix Somm]], the former managing director for CompuServe Germany, was charged with violating German [[child pornography]] [[law]]s because of the material CompuServe's network was transmitting into Germany. He was first convicted in November 1997,<ref name="GPcase.NYT">{{Cite news |last=Andrews |first=Edmund L. |date=November 18, 1999 |title=German Court Overturns Pornography Ruling Against CompuServe |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/18/business/international-business-german-court-overturns-pornography-ruling-against.html}}</ref> and after another hearing sentenced to two years' probation on May 28, 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The CompuServe Germany Case - May 1998 |url=http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/fsomm.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225201934/http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/fsomm.html |archive-date=February 25, 2004 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgment of the Munich Court in the 'CompuServe Case' (Somm Case) |url=http://www.kuner.com/data/reg/somm.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180621/http://www.kuner.com/data/reg/somm.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=May 26, 2015}}</ref> He was acquitted on appeal on November 17, 1999.<ref name=GPcase.NYT/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Commentary on the Conclusion of Proceedings in the 'CompuServe Case' |url=http://www.digital-law.net/somm/commentary.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205025604/http://www.digital-law.net/somm/commentary.html |archive-date=December 5, 2015 |access-date=May 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 17, 1999 |title=Ex-CompuServe boss acquitted |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/524951.stm}}</ref>

=== See also ===
* ''[[CompuServe Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.]]''
* ''[[CompuServe, Inc. v. Patterson]]''