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07-03-2009, 07:44 PM
Be careful about making stuff up
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090...ous+poster
Michael Davis-Barden was so outraged when he saw an anonymous online poster accused him of adultery, he sued to find out the poster's identity.
The suit, while embarrassing to Davis-Barden, again raises the argument of free speech -- even anonymously -- versus the right to defend a reputation.
Davis-Barden, 52, an Anderson Township certified public accountant, filed suit in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court after being alerted to an anonymous March 27 posting that listed his name, age, physical description, cell phone number and accused him of adultery.
"Beware, he is married ... He never divorced his wife. Used me for sex for two years," the anonymous poster wrote on PeepSheet.com.
That web site boasts it posts information can be shared "anonymously about anyone," including bosses, managers, "cheaters, scammers, con-artist, liars."
Insisting that post was false, Davis-Barden filed a defamation suit against "John Doe" and is seeking to have the poster identified.
"It's a story that needs to be told," Davis-Barden said when contacted at the cell phone number listed in the PeepSheet.com posting.
But he wouldn't talk about his suit. "I'd rather keep that to myself," he said.
He forfeited that when he filed the lawsuit in a public court, including in his suit the anonymous post that accused him of adultery.
Three e-mails left at PeepSheet.com for comment weren't returned. The site doesn't list a telephone number to contact administrators.
Chris Finney, the attorney for Davis-Barden, has sent legal documents to the cyberspace company that hosts PeepSheet.com, seeking information that will lead to the identity of the poster.
Most computer users leave credit card or other identifying information with an Internet Service provider like AOL or others. Individual posts also can be traced to individual computers used to post them.
"You leave an electronic footprint," Finney said. "With the power of the courts, that is all obtainable."
Just because you can post information anonymously doesn't mean you should, Finney warned.
"Be careful what you blog because you think you have anonymity. There's no such thing as anonymity," Finney said. "Unless you're proud of what you're writing, be careful
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090...ous+poster
Michael Davis-Barden was so outraged when he saw an anonymous online poster accused him of adultery, he sued to find out the poster's identity.
The suit, while embarrassing to Davis-Barden, again raises the argument of free speech -- even anonymously -- versus the right to defend a reputation.
Davis-Barden, 52, an Anderson Township certified public accountant, filed suit in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court after being alerted to an anonymous March 27 posting that listed his name, age, physical description, cell phone number and accused him of adultery.
"Beware, he is married ... He never divorced his wife. Used me for sex for two years," the anonymous poster wrote on PeepSheet.com.
That web site boasts it posts information can be shared "anonymously about anyone," including bosses, managers, "cheaters, scammers, con-artist, liars."
Insisting that post was false, Davis-Barden filed a defamation suit against "John Doe" and is seeking to have the poster identified.
"It's a story that needs to be told," Davis-Barden said when contacted at the cell phone number listed in the PeepSheet.com posting.
But he wouldn't talk about his suit. "I'd rather keep that to myself," he said.
He forfeited that when he filed the lawsuit in a public court, including in his suit the anonymous post that accused him of adultery.
Three e-mails left at PeepSheet.com for comment weren't returned. The site doesn't list a telephone number to contact administrators.
Chris Finney, the attorney for Davis-Barden, has sent legal documents to the cyberspace company that hosts PeepSheet.com, seeking information that will lead to the identity of the poster.
Most computer users leave credit card or other identifying information with an Internet Service provider like AOL or others. Individual posts also can be traced to individual computers used to post them.
"You leave an electronic footprint," Finney said. "With the power of the courts, that is all obtainable."
Just because you can post information anonymously doesn't mean you should, Finney warned.
"Be careful what you blog because you think you have anonymity. There's no such thing as anonymity," Finney said. "Unless you're proud of what you're writing, be careful
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07-04-2009, 12:16 AM
I thought that this article was going to be about Rick Pitino......
07-04-2009, 09:25 AM
Navajo4life Wrote:I thought that this article was going to be about Rick Pitino......
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