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Maryland Court Weighs Internet Anonymity

Posted by timothy on from the when-first-grade-never-ends dept.

Cornwallis writes "In a First Amendment case with implications for everything from neighborhood e-mail lists to national newspapers, a Maryland businessman argued to the state's highest court yesterday that the host of an online forum should be forced to reveal the identities of people who posted allegedly defamatory comments. The businessman, Zebulon J. Brodie, contends that he was defamed by comments about his shop, a Dunkin' Donuts in Centreville, posted on NewsZap.com. The shop was described as one 'of the most dirty and unsanitary-looking food-service places I have seen.' Talk about a Negative Nellie! At least the article didn't say the shop was the 'most dirty and unsanitary-looking food-service places I have seen.'"

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  1. Zebulon J. Brodie by IceCreamGuy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Zebulon!?!?

  2. European or African? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Doesn't that affect the weight?

  3. Re:Give me their names. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/29/anti-prop-8-mob-watch-a-new-blacklist-published/

  4. Thank Christ by BigJClark · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Thank christ Maryland isn't the center of the known universe. Maryland can do whatever the hell it feels like, and all the citizens can cow down to its respective governments, but as for me, Mr xxxx yyyyy, I will revel in my internet anonymity.

    --

    Hi, I Boris. Hear fix bear, yes?
  5. Please sodomize me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My anus pulsates for you...