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on-line comments/postings - should you be protected?
Changes are being effected across the world regarding privacy of parties engaging in on-line blogs, postings/comments, and other aspects which might affect your abilities to voice opinions or otherwise on the Internet. Here's a link with some basics, there are many mo http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4827&tag=nl.e539 So what's your "take" on this issue? Should there be a general protection applied to these activities, or should certain circumstances dictate the ability to force or require exposure? What would those circumstances be? -- ~ -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The *REAL WORLD* of Law, Justice, and Government _______ |
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on-line comments/postings - should you be protected?
On Wed, 20 May 2009 10:19:03 -0400, MEB put
finger to keyboard and composed: Changes are being effected across the world regarding privacy of parties engaging in on-line blogs, postings/comments, and other aspects which might affect your abilities to voice opinions or otherwise on the Internet. Here's a link with some basics, there are many mo http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4827&tag=nl.e539 So what's your "take" on this issue? Should there be a general protection applied to these activities, or should certain circumstances dictate the ability to force or require exposure? What would those circumstances be? I'm wondering if it's possible to defame an anonymous person. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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on-line comments/postings - should you be protected?
On Wed, 20 May 2009 10:19:03 -0400, MEB put
finger to keyboard and composed: Changes are being effected across the world regarding privacy of parties engaging in on-line blogs, postings/comments, and other aspects which might affect your abilities to voice opinions or otherwise on the Internet. Here's a link with some basics, there are many mo http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4827&tag=nl.e539 So what's your "take" on this issue? Should there be a general protection applied to these activities, or should certain circumstances dictate the ability to force or require exposure? What would those circumstances be? I'm wondering if it's possible to defame an anonymous person. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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on-line comments/postings - should you be protected?
Franc Zabkar wrote:
On Wed, 20 May 2009 10:19:03 -0400, MEB put finger to keyboard and composed: Changes are being effected across the world regarding privacy of parties engaging in on-line blogs, postings/comments, and other aspects which might affect your abilities to voice opinions or otherwise on the Internet. Here's a link with some basics, there are many mo http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4827&tag=nl.e539 So what's your "take" on this issue? Should there be a general protection applied to these activities, or should certain circumstances dictate the ability to force or require exposure? What would those circumstances be? I'm wondering if it's possible to defame an anonymous person. - Franc Zabkar Not exactly what the article intended, but .... Oh, there have been attempts to bring this. You may have noticed it occasionally in the news somewhere when some famous or powerful person [a named REAL person] got a court to Order the removal of something FROM an anonymous entity. Seems there may have been a recovery of damages in a few [after being traced back to the source]. The least bit of proof in support of the purported defamation and there is none. But your question is defamation of an anonymous person; if the party is unknown/misnomered there can be no defamation done. Or can there be? What's to defame?? The fake identity? What do you think the complaint would look like? -- ~ -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The *REAL WORLD* of Law, Justice, and Government _______ |
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on-line comments/postings - should you be protected?
Franc Zabkar wrote:
On Wed, 20 May 2009 10:19:03 -0400, MEB put finger to keyboard and composed: Changes are being effected across the world regarding privacy of parties engaging in on-line blogs, postings/comments, and other aspects which might affect your abilities to voice opinions or otherwise on the Internet. Here's a link with some basics, there are many mo http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4827&tag=nl.e539 So what's your "take" on this issue? Should there be a general protection applied to these activities, or should certain circumstances dictate the ability to force or require exposure? What would those circumstances be? I'm wondering if it's possible to defame an anonymous person. - Franc Zabkar Not exactly what the article intended, but .... Oh, there have been attempts to bring this. You may have noticed it occasionally in the news somewhere when some famous or powerful person [a named REAL person] got a court to Order the removal of something FROM an anonymous entity. Seems there may have been a recovery of damages in a few [after being traced back to the source]. The least bit of proof in support of the purported defamation and there is none. But your question is defamation of an anonymous person; if the party is unknown/misnomered there can be no defamation done. Or can there be? What's to defame?? The fake identity? What do you think the complaint would look like? -- ~ -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The *REAL WORLD* of Law, Justice, and Government _______ |
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