Blog "anonymity" in court
Anonymity may only go so far:
Two women at Yale Law School who were targets of lewd comments and threats of violence on an Internet message board are suing a former manager of the site and the anonymous posters (Courant, by Kim Martineau)For reference, last year the CT blogosphere was abuzz with reports that the FBI was investigating the use of the handle "Hon. Harry Reid." The story was that someone was on the blogs claiming to be Harry Reid and claiming to support Joe Lieberman in his losing primary bid... so the FBI entered stage right... to investigate if someone was impersonating Harry Reid.
I don't know what became of the investigation, so... I'm guessing that either they concluded that no law was broken... or that they could not determine who was doing the posting.
Regardless... while there is a great deal of anonymity on the internet... and while I think we should all try to be respectful... if you do "cross a line," there may be consequences.... although... this is all new territory and speculative in nature.
Welcome to the Wild West!
Tim White
2 comments:
Using the net as a segue, did you notice this RP story, Tim?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19258641/
Rep. Ron Paul is more popular on Facebook than Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). He's got more friends on MySpace than former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. His MeetUp groups, with 11,924 members in 279 cities, are the biggest in the Republican field. And his official YouTube videos, including clips of his three debate appearances, have been viewed nearly 1.1 million times -- more than those of any other candidate, Republican or Democrat, except Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).
thanks. And yes... I had been following how well he's been doing on the net.
And while I didn't experience the rise (and fall) of Howard Dean and Ned Lamont... I believe they experienced a net boost before getting the MSM attn.
As for Barack... I've watched some of his videos... but not Hillary. I like some of the things Obama says.
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