EFF Protects Anonymity Of MySpace User

Courtesy Techdirt  Mon, 06/16/2008 - 04:15

While not necessarily true in other countries, the US courts tend to do an excellent job protecting the rights of individuals to criticize others anonymously .

Of course, when you're the victim of that anonymous criticism, it's often not very enjoyable -- and many assume that what they don't like must be illegal, and therefore sue.

This is especially true in anonymity cases, where the victims feel that it positively must be illegal to be anonymous and...


 

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