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Forum trolls are now legally protected
Grath
I'm a much happier person these daysRegistered User, ClubPA regular
I'm a much happier person these daysRegistered User, ClubPA regular
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 restraintâ€.
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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- John McCallum
Fuck you, Grath!
California says I can say fuck you, Larlar.
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
COME GET SOME
HUUAAAHHH
most days i wear depends just so i don't have to smell my own stink
so
HAH
still, no one stops forum admins from banning whever they want though, right?
you agreed to terms and conditions
pew pew pew
because you have signed up for a dictatorship
at times benevolent
at times
larlar
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
ominous
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
In the merry merry month of gay...":whistle:
It would be sad if I went to the trouble of finishing that.
Wind Trolls make sense.
woooooooooo!
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.