In for a penny, in for a pound? As if it was not enough to reveal the possible identity of an anonymous commenter on their web site, the Plain Dealer now goes further and attempts to link Judge Strickland Saffold to a second anonymous commenter’s account. James F. McCarty reports: […] Comments under the two…
Category: Court
UK: Not all newspapers must be informed of privacy injunctions, says High Court
Only those media organisations which have already expressed an interest in a story need to be notified of a privacy-protecting court injunction, the High Court has said. Notification does not have to go to every media organisation in the country. The High Court ruled in the case of an un-named person whose laptop was stolen…
NJ court: Blogger is not protected under shield law in defamation lawsuit
Following up on a case previously covered (here and here), MaryAnn Spoto reports: An appellate court ruled today a blogger who wrote about the online pornography industry is not protected under New Jersey’s shield law in a defamation lawsuit brought by a Freehold-based software company. In a 48-page ruling authored by Appellate Court Judge Anthony…
North Carolina defends request for Amazon.com customer records
As a follow-up to a story originally posted here a few days ago, Declan McCullagh reports: North Carolina’s tax collectors said Wednesday that they never demanded personal information such as book titles from Amazon.com, which filed a federal lawsuit against the state this week seeking to keep that information confidential. “Amazon’s complaint is misleading in…