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Dale61
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Joined: 17 Apr 2002
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| Post subject: Precedent set. |  |
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I realise the message board mentioned is a far cry from this one, but it was bound to happen.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12688849%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Forum poster sued for libel
| Quote: | | A LIBEL battle in London financial circles may have punctured the idea that posters to internet forums can remain anonymous. |
| Quote: | | The case is thought to be the first in which an anonymous internet poster has been successfully sued, The Guardian said. |
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Proud Pies 
Joined: 22 Feb 2003
Location: Knox-ish
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| Post subject: Re: Precedent set. | |
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| Dale61 wrote: | I realise the message board mentioned is a far cry from this one, but it was bound to happen.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12688849%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Forum poster sued for libel
| Quote: | | A LIBEL battle in London financial circles may have punctured the idea that posters to internet forums can remain anonymous. |
| Quote: | | The case is thought to be the first in which an anonymous internet poster has been successfully sued, The Guardian said. |
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Actually, there was a case in Sydney a couple of years ago, where members of a mailing list were sued for libel, anonymity was thrown out the window. The case was eventually settled out of court, but i realised then and there, nothing you post on the net belongs to you and there is no anonymity.
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piedys 
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Joined: 04 Sep 2003
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Looks like we're all sitting ducks then! We wrote the book on sledging!
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David 
I dare you to try
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I don't think that anything written here could really ever get anybody in trouble...... anyway if they were interested, they could go onto bigfooty and check some of the comments about Eddie, that would be more of a chance.
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Joel 
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| David, you'd be suprised sometimes. If anything appears on here anyway, it's usually gone very, very quickly. |
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
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yeah...... sadly  I usually miss most of the controversial comments......
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