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UK Court Order Served Over Twitter, To Anonymous User Posing As Another

Posted by timothy on from the summon-our-powers-of-indignation dept.

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."

5 of 205 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Thats about it for me by z0idberg · · Score: 5, Funny

    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'

  2. LEAVE ME ALONE by DonalBlaney · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stop posting as me,

    I'll sue!!!!

    you have been warned

  3. Re:Cue the deluge of people... by DonalBlaney · · Score: 5, Funny

    claiming to be this guy in various contexts. Streisand effect here we come.

    Don't matter I'll sue them all!!!
    I have friends in thee RIAA!

  4. Re:Thats about it for me by gsslay · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  5. Poster above is an impostor and a liar! by REAL_Donal_Blaney · · Score: 5, Funny

    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