The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that a defamation plaintiff is not automatically entitled to compel an internet service provider to lay bare the blogger’s identity, absent a showing of sufficient facts supporting the defamation case to defeat a motion for summary judgment. (J.L. Miller, “Del. court protects blogger’s identity”, WIlmington News-Journal, Oct. 6; Francis Pileggi, Oct. 6). Prof. Bainbridge (Oct. 6) calls it “a major win for bloggers and the First Amendment.”
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Unmasking anonybloggers, cont’d
As one who’s filed such suits himself, Ron Coleman at Likelihood of Confusion (Oct. 10) has further observations on the Delaware high court’s recent ruling (see Oct. 7) curbing lawyers’ power to use defamation suits…