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Reid ruled that the Star and IBJ must turn over posters' identifying information, typically their Internet protocol address or Internet service provider, with which an attorney can subpoena the provider for the poster's real name
1 posted on 03/06/2011 9:33:47 AM PST by digger48
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I don’t trust these “journalist shield” laws. Who’s a journalist now—any blogger, a paid blogger, or what? Either shield everyone, or no one at all...


38 posted on 03/06/2011 7:07:28 PM PST by guitarist
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Anyone who takes an anonymous troll on the internet that seriously really has a bad case of butthurt.


39 posted on 03/06/2011 7:40:55 PM PST by lmr (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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IANAL, but this suit sounds like a fishing expedition with just a touch of shakedown.


41 posted on 03/07/2011 1:37:38 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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