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One Way To Reveal Anonymous Posters: Subpoena The Sites They Read

techdirt.com » 2008 » January » 31st » One Way To Reveal Anonymous Posters: Subpoena The Sites They Read

We've written many times in the past about how courts have protected anonymous speech in the US, but that doesn't mean that some won't go to ridiculous lengths to reveal anonymous commenters they don't like. Last summer, we wrote about the ridiculous lawsuit over some anonymous "mean" postings on a forum for law school students. The case involved students claiming that they were unable to get … Continue Reading »

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