The END is NEAR for Barbados Free Press
Barbados Free Press should take note…. not just because of the case below, but also because of a classic STING OPERATION which we at BFPE have just concluded. Over the next few days, a sequence of events will take place which will eventually expose the operator of BFP to a series of libel suits.
B.F.P.E.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3476401,00.html
Court orders Google to expose anonymous Israeli blogger
An Israeli precedent: A court has ordered Google Israel to reveal the IP address of an Israeli blogger who posted slanderous comments about a municipality candidate on Google’s blog-hosting site, Blogger.com.
The decision was made after the municipal council of Sha’arei Tikva demanded Google disclose the anonymous blogger’s personal information, claiming the blogger posted libelous entries about Council Member Haim Bluemenfeld. Council members demanded that the identity of blogger be revealed so they could file a libel suit for the sum of $75,000 against him.
Since the anonymous blogger did not come forward despite Google’s request, the plaintiffs will have to approach the internet provider to disclose the name behind the IP address.
Initially, Google refused to provide the information, but the Rishon LeZion Magistrate’s Court ordered it to do so.Judge Oren Schwartz ruled that Google must inform the blogger of the proceeding and invite him to attend the hearing or file a countersuit. After doing so, Google will reveal the blogger’s IP address to the court.
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December 22, 2007 at 1:14 pm