[IP] PA court hearing online political criticism case

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Chris Spurgeon <CSpurgeon@electronicink.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:36:28 -0500
To: "'dave@farber.net'" <dave@farber.net>
Subject: PA court hearing online political criticism case

For IP, if you're so inclined....


During oral arguments in Pittsburgh last week, the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court became the first state-level high court in the nation to consider
whether the First Amendment protects the anonymity of the authors of online
political criticism. The justices' decision in the case of Melvin v. Doe
could set a precedent for courts in other U.S. jurisdictions, where
thousands of similar lawsuits are flooding the dockets.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1046833548027


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