Woman sues to have name of anonymous web poster revealed
A woman sues a daily newspaper for an anonymous comment made in the discussion forum. She also wanted the name of the anonymous commenter exposed. What happens with this case and others like it could shape the future of online forums.
..... the Richmond Register (a daily newspaper in Richmond, KY) ran an article about a young woman who had been kicked out of a mall because the dress she was wearing (one shed actually purchased at the mall) was too short. An anonymous poster in the online discussion after the article made the statement that shed actually been kicked out because shed exposed herself to a woman and her children.
The dress wearer filed a defamation lawsuit against the poster and subpoenaed the newspaper for the name of the anonymous poster. And the battle is on. The paper is claiming that the anonymous source is proteced under the Kentucky Reporters Shield Law (the law that protects journalists from having to disclose confidential sources of published information). They chose this defense because a staff reporter wrote something about the lawsuit and mentioned the offending comment in his piece.
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Woman sues to have name of anonymous web poster revealed
Discussion in 'News' started by UKDarkstar, Jul 3, 2009.
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