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Dutch Court Orders Lycos to Reveal Client

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the privacy-not-so-private-when-you-break-a-law dept.

linumax writes to tell us InformationWeek is reporting that the Dutch Supreme Court ruled against Lycos last Friday stating that they wrongly protected the identity of a user who posted "slanderous allegations" against an internet postage-stamp dealer. From the article: "The dealer and claimant, identified in court documents only as A. Pessers, took Lycos to court in 2003, seeking the details of its client so he could pursue financial damages allegedly resulting from the allegations."

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  1. Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by Silverlancer · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

    They don't seem to have revealed the article either...

  2. Re:David vs Goliath by Lehk228 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    so a little guy takes a big guy to court in order to get info needed to squash an even littler guy.

    who's side are we on again?

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    Snowden and Manning are heroes.
  3. Re:The original conversation by Electr!c_B4rd_Qu!nn · · Score: -1, Redundant

    a_pessers: i r l337

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    " i r 1337. j00 a l0z3r "
    That talk kinda makes you cry, doesn't it?
    That's right..cry those nerdly tears