Free Speech Applies to Anonymous Web Critics, PC Says
 
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:18:33 -0500 (CDT)

Sept. 21, 2007

'Video Professor' Has No Legal Basis for Unmasking Identities of Anonymous Web Critics

Apparently Upset at Criticisms of His Company, Infomercial Guru Sues Customers

 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The "Video Professor," a ubiquitous purveyor of computer-training lessons via infomercials, has no legal basis for discovering the identities of his disgruntled customers, Public Citizen said today.

READ the entire press release at http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2514.

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Critics of Scranton Council President Have Right to Anonymity, Public Citizen Tells Court

Petition to Reveal Identity of Message Board Posters Is Unconstitutional

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Scranton, Pa., City Council member cannot compel disclosure of the identity of the almost 100 constituents who anonymously posted messages on a Web site critical of her leadership, Public Citizen said in a motion filed today in the Court of Common Pleas in Lackawanna County.

READ the entire press release at http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2513.

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