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Forum trolls are now legally protected

GrathGrath I'm a much happier person these daysRegistered User, ClubPA regular
edited February 2008 in Social Entropy++
http://www.dailytech.com/First+Amendment+Now+Covers+Forum+Trolls/article10624.htm

A California judge reversed decision allowing anonymous persons on net to remain anonymous

A California judge in the Sixth Appellate District in Santa Clara County last week ruled that anonymous trolls on the Internet are allowed to stay anonymous. Along with remaining anonymous, Internet trolls are able to say what they like, by exercising their First Amendment rights, no matter how belittling is it.

According to Reuters, the appeals court reversed a decision from 2006 that would have subpoenaed ten anonymous posters on Yahoo’s message board by the COO of a drug service company, Lisa Krinsky.

The 2006 court case held that ten anonymous message board posters left quite a few harsh comments on the Internet regarding Krinsky, her company, and two officers at her company. One comment referred to Krinsky saying, "I will reciprocate felatoin [sic] with Lisa even though she has fat thighs, a fake medical degree, 'queefs' and has poor feminine hygiene."

Doe 6, a tag given to the anonymous posters, days later moved in superior court to quash the subpoena. The defendant claims that Krinsky had “failed to state a claim sufficient to overcome his First Amendment rights for either defamation or interference with a contractual or business relationship” and that her “request for injunctive relief was an invalid prior restraint”.

In 2006, the superior court proposed that the statements made by Doe 6 had the intent of driving down the price of Krinsky’s company to manipulate the stock price. The court, even with the claim and information, decided that Doe 6 was protected under their First Amendment rights. Due to the context of the statements, they are not actionable under Florida’s defamation laws.

The controversy over Internet anonymity will continue to be fueled by contexts of libel and First Amendment rights but will, at least, allow the contexts of these actions to be narrowed down.

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Hey cool so I can claim my First Amendment Rights even though I'm not American, and all I'd have to do was remain anonymous!

    Meissnerd on
  • StarfuckStarfuck Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2008
    this is just what Grath has been waiting for

    Starfuck on
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  • SikarianSikarian Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO

    Fuck you, Grath!

    Sikarian on
  • GrathGrath I'm a much happier person these days Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2008
    seriously

    Grath on
  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2008
    i claim my rights and say fuck you meissnerd

    Kusuguttai on
  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA mod
    edited February 2008
    This doesn't help any of you. I know where all of you live.

    Larlar on
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  • casper_27dcasper_27d The Friendly Ghost EverywhereRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Does this mean that you have to apply for a special hunting permit now or are they protected like penguins, dodo birds and smart blonds?

    casper_27d on
  • SikarianSikarian Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Larlar wrote: »
    This doesn't help any of you. I know where all of you live.

    California says I can say fuck you, Larlar.

    Sikarian on
  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    awesome

    i remember there being a thread ages ago about how being a cyberbully could mean trouble

    glad to hear i can now belittle people all i want

    potatoe on
  • edited February 2008
    CACTUAR'D

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Larlar I have a gun and the legal right to shoot anyone I want

    COME GET SOME

    HUUAAAHHH

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  • vsovevsove ....also yes. Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    what a weight off my shoulders.

    vsove on
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  • OmegaTofuNinjaOmegaTofuNinja Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Potatoe do you have poor feminine hygiene?

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  • casper_27dcasper_27d The Friendly Ghost EverywhereRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    You can know where I live but would you really want to come here?

    casper_27d on
  • SikarianSikarian Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I still love you though LarLar

    Sikarian on
  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    casper are you aware you misspelled "trailer" in your location?

    Raneados on
  • vsovevsove ....also yes. Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    expect to see a gradual ramping up of me being an asshole now that i'm out of the legal grey area.

    vsove on
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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Potatoe do you have poor feminine hygiene?

    most days i wear depends just so i don't have to smell my own stink

    potatoe on
  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2008
    TRAILORD

    Kusuguttai on
  • casper_27dcasper_27d The Friendly Ghost EverywhereRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Yes I actually am, it was spelled correctly once but I was told it was not white trashy enough. Also writing Containorized Housing Unit or CHU, which is what I actually live in, is a rather boring and confusing term.

    casper_27d on
  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Doesn't mean you can't ban them forever

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    freedom of expression = no laws on banning

    so

    HAH

    Raneados on
  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2008
    i want to suck some dicks

    Kusuguttai on
  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Raneados wrote: »
    freedom of expression = no laws on banning

    so

    HAH

    still, no one stops forum admins from banning whever they want though, right?

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    correct

    you agreed to terms and conditions

    pew pew pew

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  • edited February 2008
    I love when people go ABLOOBLOOBLOO FREE SPEECH ON THE FORUMS BLOOOOO

    because you have signed up for a dictatorship

    at times benevolent

    at times

    larlar

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Larlar likes to play with us like so much yarn in his cat-like paws

    little bit of leeway

    WHOOPS SMACK SMACK

    little bit of play

    BAM BAM BAM

    little bit of slack

    WHOMP WHOMP WHOMP

    little bit of release

    BORED SO PISS ON IT AND GO SLEEP ON THE TV

    Raneados on
  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2008
    larlar is one sexy motherfucker

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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    doublelarlar

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  • edited February 2008
    larlarlarlar?

    ominous

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  • OmegaTofuNinjaOmegaTofuNinja Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    potatoe wrote: »
    Potatoe do you have poor feminine hygiene?

    most days i wear depends just so i don't have to smell my own stink

    Well that's better than nothing you queef

    (I'm not a good troll)

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  • VladimerVladimer Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Larlar eats trolls.

    Vladimer on
  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    potatoe wrote: »
    Potatoe do you have poor feminine hygiene?

    most days i wear depends just so i don't have to smell my own stink

    Well that's better than nothing you queef

    (I'm not a good troll)

    a terrible troll
    but an awesome duder

    wouldn't have it any other way

    potatoe on
  • SikarianSikarian Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    snort

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    :whistle:"I was trolling through the forums one day
    In the merry merry month of gay...":whistle:

    It would be sad if I went to the trouble of finishing that.

    MKR on
  • SephSeph Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Somehow...this makes sense. I mean, a force of nature. Wind will always be there. Trolls. Nature.

    Wind Trolls make sense.

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  • OmegaTofuNinjaOmegaTofuNinja Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    potatoe wrote: »
    potatoe wrote: »
    Potatoe do you have poor feminine hygiene?

    most days i wear depends just so i don't have to smell my own stink

    Well that's better than nothing you queef

    (I'm not a good troll)

    a terrible troll
    but an awesome duder

    wouldn't have it any other way

    woooooooooo!

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I'm pissed Larlar infracted me because now I actually have to watch myself in other subforums. It was nice to have that minor infraction buffer for goofing off purposes

    Javen on
  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Raneados wrote: »
    freedom of expression = no laws on banning

    so

    HAH

    still, no one stops forum admins from banning whever they want though, right?

    No I think the point was that if someone anonymously posts something offensive the administrator doesn't have the right to have track that person down.

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  • OmegaTofuNinjaOmegaTofuNinja Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    What'd you get infracted for

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