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UK Court Order Served Over Twitter, To Anonymous User Posing As Another
SpuriousLogic spotted this story on the BBC, from which he excerpts: "The High Court has given permission for an injunction to be served via social-networking site Twitter. The order is to be served against an unknown Twitter user who anonymously posts to the site using the same name as a right-wing political blogger. The order demands the anonymous Twitter user reveal their identity and stop posing as Donal Blaney, who blogs at a site called Blaney's Blarney. The order says the Twitter user is breaching the copyright of Mr. Blaney. He told BBC News that the content being posted to Twitter in his name was 'mildly objectionable.' Mr. Blaney turned to Twitter to serve the injunction rather than go through the potentially lengthy process of contacting Twitter headquarters in California and asking it to deal with the matter. UK law states that an injunction does not have to be served in person and can be delivered by several different means including fax or e-mail."
claiming to be this guy in various contexts. Streisand effect here we come.
Women are like electronics: you don't know how damaged they are until you try to turn them on.
Three cheers for finally serving a court order against that anonymous coward bastard. He's always cluttering up slashdot with horse porn stories, trolling posts and all sorts of objectionable and inflamatory shite. Maybe now the Internet-web-thingie will be easy to use and headache free and we'll only ever have truth posted! Yay!
These posts express my own personal views, not those of my employer
too many of my friends now use it to grandly announce every mundane detail of their life to the world
Would you consider their decision to delete their social networking sites a mundane details of their life? and the fact that they only ever used these once? I would. Just sayin'
Stop posting as me,
I'll sue!!!!
you have been warned
Ahh yes, you're right . . . I was completely ignorant, but thanks to your measured and intelligent response I did a bit of research and am suitably chastened. Thanks.
I said STOP impersonating me!
Time for me to delete my social networking accounts methinks
too many of my friends now use it to grandly announce every mundane detail of their life to the world
Mmmmmm, delicious irony.
As soon as I posted, I realised that I'd probably overstated by mentioning copyright on the name of the blog ... and just knew that would be the subject of the first reply: geeks will be geeks ;-)
I am the REAL Donal Blaney, and I am appalled at these blatant attempts to smear my name and reputation on the Internet. Rest assured that all such attempts are being monitored and recorded and that all those who attempt to act in such fashion will be prosecuted to the full extent of the laws pertinent to the case. The REAL Donal Blarney
Noone would know the difference. on Slashdot noone has to explain
I can't find that word in the dictionary. Is it pronounced "noon" or "noonie"? And what, exactly, does it mean? I tried to look it up on Google but it said "do you mean no one?" so I'm still clueless. Sorry my literacy is so low...
Free Martian Whores!
Noone? He's a detective.
No matter how hard you try to hide your information, Noone will find out. That's because Noone cares.
Who is 'Anonymous'? Noone knows his name. Noone knows where he lives. Noone can destroy him.
When you're in deep trouble, Noone can save you. Trust Noone.