FC: More on N.J. state judge and unmasking anonymous posters

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 13:32:57 -0500
> To: declan () well com
> From: David Sobel <sobel () epic org>
> Subject: Re: FC: N.J. state judge refuses to unmask anonymous posters
> Cc: politech () politechbot com
>
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> FYI, the wire service story is wrong; the court upheld the
> anonymity of two posters and allowed the identification of
> two others (who did not appear through counsel to object
> and who had a different status than the other two). This was
> correctly stated in the item in yesterday's EPIC Alert which
> was posted to the Politech list.
>
> The result demonstrates that different anonymous posters
> will be found to have different rights depending upon the
> particular facts in a case.
>
> - David
>
>
> .......................................................................
> David L. Sobel, General Counsel              *   +1 202 483 1140 (tel)
> Electronic Privacy Information Center        *   +1 202 483 1248 (fax)
> 1718 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Suite 200        *   sobel () epic org
> Washington, DC 20009   USA                   *   http://www.epic.org
> .

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> To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
> From: Whitfield Diffie <whitfield.diffie () eng sun com>
> Date: Fri,  1 Dec 2000 10:10:18 -0800
> Subject: Anonymity: legal and technical
> Composed-mail-archive-name: 01dec00-10:08:39
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>                                 Friday   1 December 2000  at 10h08
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> > Technological solutions are, in the long run, far safer.
>
>     The two are not in conflict.  It is very important to get legal
> acceptance of a right to anonymity or we risk a situation where using
> technical means to protect your anonymity is a crime.
>
>                                         Whit

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