[ga] OT: First Amendment Ruling Protects Internet Trolls

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  It appears that some of the comments and assertions Mr. Dierker
had made in the not too distant past have been nullified...

  For those interested see:

 http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/H030767.PDF
 
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080207-appeals-court-first-amendment-protects-forum-trolls-too.html

A recent ruling by the Court of Appeal of the State of California (PDF)
in Krinsky v. Doe H030767 overturned a lower court ruling and decided
that the First Amendment right to anonymous speech protects internet
trolls, too.  Specifically, the ruling said that 'this juvenile
name-calling cannot
reasonably be read as stating actual facts.' And, even though some of
the
statements were crudely sexual and accused Ms. Krinsky of being among
'boobs, liars and crooks,' the statements were held to 'fall into the
category of crude, satirical hyperbole which, while reflecting the
immaturity of the speaker, constitute protected opinion under the First
Amendment.'

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