Another Brick in the Anonymous Poster Wall
A circuit court judge in Nashville, Tennessee recently added his voice to a growing chorus of judges holding that anonymous internet speakers have a First Amendment interest in remaining anonymous. Like so many of the cases we have reported on, this one involved a defamation claim arising from anonymous commentary on a blog.
The Citizen Media Law Project has the full story, and , more importantly, a link to video of the actual hearing and the judge's oral ruling.
