Great news for community-oriented publishers from the California Supreme Court yesterday. In case you missed it, the court held that a Web site’s operator shouldn’t be held responsible for libelous content written by others that appears on that site. This just protects the status quo, of course, but should have bloggers and other custodians of free-wheeling discussion sites breathing a sigh of relief. (The Merc has a copy of the decision (PDF) online.)