Lunney v. Prodigy Services Co., 94 N.Y.2d 242 (1999) is a leading U.S. law case on liability of internet service providers for defamation. The court held that Prodigy, an internet chatroom provider, was not considered a publisher of defamatory material posted from an imposter account due to its passive role in monitoring the chatrooms. External links Decision text at FindLaw Petition for certiorari New York (state) state case law United States Internet case law United States defamation case law 1999 in United States case law 1999 in New York (state)