Court Ruling Protects Rights of Anonymous Bloggers
 
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:59:53 -0600 (CST)

Dec. 12, 2007

Court Ruling Protects Right of Bloggers to Remain Anonymous

Statement of Paul Alan Levy, Attorney With Public Citizen

The Texas Court of Appeals for the Sixth Appellate District at 
Texarkana took an important step today toward protecting the 
rights of Internet bloggers in Texas to write anonymously. In an 
opinion issued by Justice Jack Carter in Essent v. Doe, the court 
of appeals joins a broad consensus of state and federal courts in 
insisting that plaintiffs present sufficient evidence to show 
they could win at trial before gaining access to information 
identifying anonymous speakers.

READ the entire statement at 
http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2566.


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