27-1-811. When owner of radio station not liable for material broadcast. No person, firm, or corporation owning or operating a radio broadcasting station is liable under the law of defamation on account of having made its broadcasting facilities available to any person, including but not limited to a candidate for public office, for discussion of controversial or other subjects in the absence of proof of actual malice on the part of such owner or operator.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 122, L. 1939; R.C.M. 1947, 64-205; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 12, L. 1979.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations
Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability
27-1-801. Defamation -- how effected
27-1-804. What communications are privileged
27-1-805. through 27-1-810 reserved
27-1-811. When owner of radio station not liable for material broadcast
27-1-812. Right of owner to require prior submission of text to be broadcast
27-1-813. Liability of person broadcasting -- liability of owner for broadcast prepared by station
27-1-819. What constitutes a reasonable time for correction
27-1-820. Content of correction
27-1-821. Extent to which a correction is a defense upon trial