Comments on: Cahill Decision Is Good for Bloggers http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2005/10/10/cahill_decision_is_good_for_bloggers.html Musings of a techie lawyer Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:00:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-beta2 By: Julia Cahill http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2005/10/10/cahill_decision_is_good_for_bloggers.html#comment-402 Julia Cahill Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:24:12 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=285#comment-402 I, too am diasppointed in the Supreme Court's decision. They had the facts that John Doe was in fact a person KNOWN to us who has been abusing us for several years, and yet they chose to ignore it and tip toe over the correct ruling. They should hav easked us to prove damages, of which there certainly were many- rather than to dimiss it as frivolous. There IS not justice in Delaware. I, too am diasppointed in the Supreme Court’s decision. They had the facts that John Doe was in fact a person KNOWN to us who has been abusing us for several years, and yet they chose to ignore it and tip toe over the correct ruling. They should hav easked us to prove damages, of which there certainly were many- rather than to dimiss it as frivolous. There IS not justice in Delaware.

]]> By: Jon Garfunkel http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2005/10/10/cahill_decision_is_good_for_bloggers.html#comment-401 Jon Garfunkel Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:54:32 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=285#comment-401 One other thought-- perhaps the easiest What if someone impersonates me in a blog or a blog comments? What if they straddle the fine line between satire and credularity and it does damage to my reputation? What steps do I have with that blog's publisher to respond to that in an extra-judicial fashion? The Cahill decision adds very little useful guidance on this. One other thought– perhaps the easiest
What if someone impersonates me in a blog or a blog comments? What if they straddle the fine line between satire and credularity and it does damage to my reputation? What steps do I have with that blog’s publisher to respond to that in an extra-judicial fashion?

The Cahill decision adds very little useful guidance on this.

]]> By: Jon Garfunkel http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2005/10/10/cahill_decision_is_good_for_bloggers.html#comment-400 Jon Garfunkel Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:13:21 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=285#comment-400 Wendy-- I know that you have vast more experience with these sorts of cases, but from the point of view of software architect, I can say that I'm very disappointed with the court's reasoning. It was very sloppy in its definitions. It's not a concern whether if blogs are "denigrated"-- it's whether they are described correctly in case law. see Scales of Discourse: Anonymity vs. Credibility. Wendy– I know that you have vast more experience with these sorts of cases, but from the point of view of software architect, I can say that I’m very disappointed with the court’s reasoning. It was very sloppy in its definitions. It’s not a concern whether if blogs are “denigrated”– it’s whether they are described correctly in case law.

see Scales of Discourse: Anonymity vs. Credibility.

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