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IP: Lawsuits May Pierce Veil Of Internet Anonymity
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 06:32:59 -0400
From: "Richard Dooling" <richard () dooling com> To: <farber () cis upenn edu> Corporate Case in Ohio Raises Questions on Internet Anonymity By JOHN SCHWARTZ John Hritz wants to get to know Jane Doe. Jane Doe is the pseudonym for an Internet user who posted messages critical of Mr. Hritz and the company he serves as a general counsel, AK Steel of Middletown, Ohio In court filings fighting the request to unmask Jane Doe, the civil liberties groups argue that at the very moment the power of the Internet is helping to create the biggest marketplace of ideas the world has ever seen, powerful companies will be able to squelch online speech by using the courts as a "private detective service" to unmask critics. http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/17/technology/17ONLI.html Richard Dooling
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