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Online comments company expected to name users
The York Daily Record/Sunday News reports that the company that owns its online readers' comment section is expected to turn…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Gossipy college Web site goes offline
A gossip Web site that took college campuses by storm has shut down. As of Feb. 5, JuicyCampus is no…Categorized in Content restrictions -
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Subpoena to blogger seeks everything, including Web site viewers
A Virginia-based blogger is fighting a subpoena that seeks the identities of everyone who viewed an online article he wrote…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Newspaper won't have to disclose identities of posters
Another newspaper has prevailed in a court battle over the identities of people who commented anonymously on its Web site.…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Supermodel demands Google release the name of secret blogger
A supermodel has demanded that Google release the identity of a blogger who called her a "skank" and an "old…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Judge: "Bump messages" are not republication
So-called "bump messages" -- new comments made to older messages in order to move them back up to prominent positions on a Web…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Appeals court hears arguments in anonymous speech case
A Maryland appeals court heard oral arguments Monday over the outing of anonymous Web writers responsible for posting online allegedly defamatory…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Libel suit against JuicyCampus users dropped
A University of Delaware student is withdrawing a lawsuit filed this month over allegedly libelous statements made on the Web…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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College gossip site creator unapologetic at student Q&A
JuicyCampus.com founder Matt Ivester, whose site has been criticized as profiting from invasion of college students’ privacy and tarnishing their…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Another paper uses state shield law to protect online commenters
An Illinois newspaper is using the state shield law to fight a subpoena for the identities of some readers who…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials