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Internet anonymity in Michigan
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 17:03:40 -0500
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From: Paul Alan Levy <plevy () citizen org> Date: December 7, 2016 at 4:39:47 PM EST To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net> Subject: Internet anonymity in Michigan A panel of the Michigan court of appeals has issued another one of its maddeningly narrow decisions protecting anonymous Internet speakers – in this case, scientists engaged in anonymous post-publication peer review of a scientist’s descriptions of about his research, which, in the eyes of many, reflected sloppiness or even professional misconduct – but refusing to address the broader question of the standards to be applied in future cases. Each of the three appellate rulings handed down so far has protected the Doe at issue, and that’s great, but I worry that the failure to lay down a frankly protective standard makes it harder for Doe speakers to defend themselves and increases the amount of lawyer time needed to mount a defense http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2016/12/michigan-court-of-appeals-again-protects-online-anonymity-again-without-adopting-fully-protective-st.html Paul Alan Levy Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 588-7725 http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=396 Twitter: @paulalanlevy Public Citizen Foundation participates in the Combined Federal Campaign with the CFC Code 11168
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