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| Marion County Judge: Blogs must identify anonymous posters to website if ordered by court |
| 2011-03-03 |
| In rulings this week and last week, Marion Superior Court Judge S.K. Reid became the first judge in Indiana to rule on whether the state journalism shield law protects media outlets from being forced to disclose names of anonymous posters on their websites or other identifying information about those posters. The rulings came in a defamation lawsuit Miller filed last year. He is seeking to broaden the list of defendants in his case to include people who criticized him anonymously last year on websites run by The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis Business Journal and WRTV (Channel 6). The case is among a growing number of defamation claims nationally that target anonymous Internet posters to websites operated by news media and other owners. |
| Posted by:gorb |
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| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-03-03 14:35 |
| #2 ...to disclose names of anonymous posters on their websites or other identifying information about those posters. Dumb-ass just gave the green light for sites not to collect email or names (which are easily faked) for posters. Also, apparently the attorneys have never heard of proxy posting. Go ahead, dumb ass. Make Anonymous' day. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-03-03 13:35 |
| #1 Logs? What logs? Sorry, yer Honor, but no can do. Gosh, if only I'd had some idea that you might want to subpoena that data, I would have kept it! |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-03-03 13:31 |