Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS UPON IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY --
FAILURE TO EXERCISE DUE CARE. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed
to relieve any person broadcasting over a radio or television station from
liability under the law of libel, slander or defamation. Nor shall anything in
this act be construed to relieve any person, firm, or corporation owning or
operating a radio or television broadcasting station or network from liability
under the law of libel, slander or defamation on account of any broadcast
prepared or made by any such person, firm, or corporation or by any officer or
employee thereof in the course of his employment. In no event, however, shall
any such person, firm, or corporation be liable for any damages for any
defamatory statement or act published or uttered on or as a part of a visual
or sound broadcast unless it shall be alleged and proved by the complaining
party that such person, firm, or corporation has failed to exercise due care
to prevent the publication or utterance of such statement or act in such
broadcast. Bona fide compliance with any federal law or the regulation of any
federal regulatory agency shall be deemed to constitute such due care as
hereinabove mentioned.

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