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: The TechKnowledgy Blog

Peeking Behind the Google Shield

By Steve Cosentino

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Criticism of a Vogue magazine cover model isn't exactly ground breaking legal news. A judge ruling requiring Google to turn over the name of the defaming blogger may be. ABC News reports that the New York State Supreme Court did not buy a blogger's argument that the Internet is a place for ranting, notwithstanding the facts. The court forced Google to turn over the name of the blogger. Even though a defamation action by model Liskula Cohen might be an uphill battle, her success in peeking behind the Google shield may keep some unscrupulous bloggers in check.

Full post as published by The TechKnowledgy Blog on August 21, 2009 (boomark / email).

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