XENOPHONZ, In 2003 I got dragged into a lawsuit over things that were said in a Usenet newsgroup (I didn't say any of the things alleged in the suit, but got named as a defendant anyway). So it can and has happened. After about three months, the plaintiff amended the complaint, and I was dropped from the suit. It ended up costing me a couple grand that I didn't really have, and was told by my attorney that while I could try to recover my legal costs, the plaintiff had probably made sure that they didn't have any recoverable assets before they ever filed. For what it's worth, (and IANAL) from my understanding of the CDA, AOL should be immune from the suit. It doesn't prevent the suit from being filed, but they should get dropped quickly. Of course, if you're AOL, your defense cost is little more than a rounding error in calculating business expenses. For somebody who runs a site part-time, it's a bigger hit to the wallet.