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VOGUE MODEL LISKULA COHEN WINS RIGHT TO UNMASK OFFENSIVE BLOGGER
UK TIMESONLINE ^
| 8-19-09
| James Bone
Posted on 08/21/2009 10:39:30 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg
A Vogue cover girl has won a precedent-setting court battle to unmask an anonymous blogger who called her a “skank” on the internet.
In a case with potentially far-reaching repercussions, Liskula Cohen sought the identity of the blogger who maligned her on the Skanks in NYC blog so that she could sue him or her for defamation.
A Manhattan supreme court judge ruled that she was entitled to the information and ordered Google, which ran the offending blog, to turn it over.
Ms Cohen, a tall, Canadian blonde who has modelled for Giorgio Armani and Versace, went to court after reading the wounding anonymous comments on Google’s Blogger.com.
Justice Joan Madden rejected the blogger’s claim that the blogs “serve as a modern-day forum for conveying personal opinions, including invective and ranting”, and should not be treated as factual assertions...
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Any pictures of the ska-, er, model?
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:40:48 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
To: Dr. Eckleburg
This may have a chilling effect on Digg types and the morons infesting USA Today’s site.
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:40:55 AM PDT
by
relictele
To: Dr. Eckleburg
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:40:57 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("If they taxed condoms and toilet paper, they'd have us coming and going." - Lazamataz, 2002)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
Different standards for liable and defamation in Europe.
In the US, truth is a defense against such charges, and opinion is not actionable.
Not so in Europe.
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:41:22 AM PDT
by
Calvinist_Dark_Lord
((I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper))
To: Dr. Eckleburg
SKANK
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:42:20 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("If they taxed condoms and toilet paper, they'd have us coming and going." - Lazamataz, 2002)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:42:43 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("If they taxed condoms and toilet paper, they'd have us coming and going." - Lazamataz, 2002)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
The funny thing is, truth is an absolute defense to defamation. I would think, once the blogger is unmasked, that he or she will win her case because IN MY HUMBLE OPINION (I guess we have to make that clear now) most models — and many women in NYC, where I live — ARE skanks.
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:42:44 AM PDT
by
cammie
To: Dr. Eckleburg
Saw the Times Online UK URL, but didn’t see that this was in a US court.
It will be tossed out on appeal.
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:42:47 AM PDT
by
Calvinist_Dark_Lord
((I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper))
To: Dr. Eckleburg; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:43:25 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Barry Falsewitness is proud of his "healthy skepticism" of organized religion. He's a deceiver.)
To: Lazamataz
Who is looking at the face? Bag job.
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:43:50 AM PDT
by
Frantzie
(Lou Dobbs - American Hero! Bill O'Reilly = Liar)
To: Lazamataz
She looks like she’s CGI.
Hit away!
To: Lazamataz
She is fairly skanky looking. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:45:54 AM PDT
by
CougarGA7
(My tagline is an honor student at Free Republic Elementary School.)
To: 1000 silverlings; xzins; blue-duncan; P-Marlowe; Jim Robinson; John Robinson; Alamo-Girl; ...
I didn't see this posted anywhere but it's certainly a chilling heads-up regarding the current assault on freedom of speech.
What next? Must we sign all "Letters to the Editor" and can we be sued for our opinions in those letters?
Are bloggers now subject to lawsuits because they "defame" the good standing of homosexuals or abortion physicians or democrats?
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:46:08 AM PDT
by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
Dude, that’s a CGI chick from one of those Grand Theft Auto games!! LMAO!
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:46:11 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Marking Time On The Government's Dime)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
Is it even POSSIBLE to defame Barney Frank or Ted Kennedy?
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:47:06 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Barry Falsewitness is proud of his "healthy skepticism" of organized religion. He's a deceiver.)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
there is an article in today’s NY Post about Cohen. turns out she’s a total b-tch. she flipped out on the reporter who was just doing a nice little puff piece on her.
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:47:32 AM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:47:39 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("If they taxed condoms and toilet paper, they'd have us coming and going." - Lazamataz, 2002)
To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord
I sure hope so. But these are strange days.
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posted on
08/21/2009 10:47:42 AM PDT
by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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