Internet Defamation Suit Tests Online Anonymity 249
The Xoxo Reader writes "Reuters reports that two women at Yale Law School have filed suit for defamation and infliction of emotional distress against an administrator and 28 anonymous posters on AutoAdmit (a.k.a. Xoxohth), a popular law student discussion site. Experts are watching to see if the suit will unmask the posters, who are identified in the complaint only by their pseudonyms. Since AutoAdmit's administrators have previously said that they do not retain IP logs of posters, identifying the defendants may test the limits of the legal system and anonymity on the Internet. So far, one method tried was to post the summons on the message board itself and ask the defendants to step forward. The controversy leading to this lawsuit was previously discussed on Slashdot."
nonsense (Score:5, Funny)
Furthermore, if they don't have sex with children, embezzle money, practise cruelty to animals and throw firebombs at orphans as a recreational activitiy, then my name is not Anonymous Coward.
Phew (Score:5, Funny)
Wow.. so did it work?
If not, they gotta try to post the Internet summons in the form of a "IT'S NOT A JOKE. YOU WON. CLICK HERE TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE" banner. Maybe throw in a "FREE TRIP!!!" next to it.
That works. Every time.
Re:Serving the summons? (Score:3, Funny)
Better make sure the kids are in bed before you go looking at them, methinks.
No logs, no problem! (Score:1, Funny)
Easy, just get the memory (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The web is becoming laden with the same (Score:2, Funny)
Re:From TFA: (Score:3, Funny)
There is really no reason to bash our nation's fine rest areas, sir. Since the bathhouses closed, they're the source of 90% of my dates.
Hmmm... (Score:1, Funny)
Finally! Here's my chance!
I am Spartacus!
oh, wait...
Nevermind...
Re:nonsense (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Rudy Guiliani (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The web is becoming laden with the same (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, no use hiding that one. They've already found us here.
Re:nonsense (Score:1, Funny)
I tried to, but every time I turned to the page this stupid magic dictionary kept flipping itself back to the definition of Joke instead.