Blogger Faces Lawsuit Over Comments Posted by Users

[Brian J. Parker]

>From the story, "a lawsuit over comments left by his blog readers"
doesn't seem quite accurate so much as "a lawsuit over his own
comments as a business competitor."  Trying to silence one's critics
through the threat of litigation is hardly new to the digital age, but
it does highlight a bad problem that isn't getting any better. 
Blogging just throws a spotlight on it because it's now much easier
for critics to reach a wider audience.

On 9/19/05, Sc'Eric (aka darkFIN) <darkfin6012 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Here's an interesting tidbit of news from the Wall Street Journal... Only posting it because I know how many users are in computer-related fields.  (Don't know how long till the link expires.)  Thx goes to Radder for passing it on... ~darkFIN
> 
> >From Aaron Radder Sun Sep 18 09:41:06 2005
> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:41:06 -0400
> Subject: ugh
> 
> WTF? state college guy in a lawsuit over comments left by his blog readers. *smacks head repeatedly*...
> 
> http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB112541909221726743-_vX2YpePQV7AOIl2Jeebz4FAfS4_20060831,00.html?mod=blogs