E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of December 10, 2007

A Georgia couple has filed a second Internet defamation lawsuit, this time against a person who posted allegations that the couple is involved in illegal drug activity. The couple previously filed a $1 million suit against the website that published the post. Unless we’re missing something, the couple’s attorney is probably going to get an education on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

(Link: Web site post leads to second law suit at Rome News-Tribune.com)

A Texas appellate court has ruled that an anonymous blogger has a First Amendment right to anonymity in a defamation lawsuit unless the plaintiff can demonstrate that it has suffered actual financial losses due to the defendant’s defamatory postings.

(Link: Court upholds Paris blogger's anonymity at Houston Chronicle)

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