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Court Finds For Student In Web FOS Case

Posted by Zonk on from the worth-the-pain-i-hope dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A student who brought a suit against his middle school has been awarded a settlement after two years of legal battles. USAToday reports that the suit was brought after the school leveled harsh disciplinary measures against the student, based entirely on comments made to his website guestbook." From the article: "Grayson Barber, who handled the case on behalf of the ACLU, said the school presented no evidence that Dwyer's comments were threatening or disruptive of school activities. 'Our schools should encourage debate and political engagement rather than punishing students who provide a forum for free expression.'"

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  1. Pure Profit by s-twig · · Score: 5, Funny

    $100,000 isn't bad for your first website.

  2. Re:Rights by krbvroc1 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Can you imagine what would happen if Slashdot were held responsible for our comments? *SNICKER*

    You snicker, but I see the Senate confirmation hearing for a future political position.

    Senator: Sir, I have before me posting alledged to be by you on a computer web service referred to as slashdot. Are you familiar with that?
    Nominee: Uh, yes Sir.
    Senator: Are these postings labelled as from one 'FukMonkey345' yours?
    Nominee: Sir I can assure you that was a long time ago.
    Senator: Sir, remember you are under oath, I have evidence here that you claimed that you 'Welcome the nerd overlords?' Who are these folks?
    Senator: You also stated that 'In Soviet Russia they own you'? What is this commie loving talk?
    Senator: Do you have a prejudice against us old people? There are frequent references in the record to 'In Korea only old people use...'.
    Senator: Finally, what did you mean when you claimed 'All you base are belong to us'?