§ 13-21-106 — Broadcasting defamatory statements

Colorado § 13-21-106

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 13: Courts
• Art.: Damages

Text

The owner, licensee, or
operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations and
the agent or employees of any such owner, licensee, or operator shall not be liable
for any damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in or as a part
of a visual or sound radio broadcast by one other than such owner, licensee, or
operator, or agent or employee thereof, if, in any action brought to recover such
damages, such owner, licensee, or operator, or agent or employee thereof, alleges
and proves that he exercised due care to prevent the publication or utterance of
such statement in such broadcast; except that, in no event shall any owner,
licensee, or operator, or the agents or employees thereof, be held liable for any
damages for any defamatory statement uttered over the facilities of such station or
network of stations by any candidate for public office or by any other person
speaking for, or on behalf of, any candidate for public office where, by any federal
law, rule, or regulation censorship of such political statements in advance of such
utterance or publication is prohibited.

Legislative History

Source: L. 47: p. 718, � 1. CSA: C. 138B, � 1. CRS 53: � 41-2-6. C.R.S. 1963: � 41-2-6.