Focus (Forum & Focus)
Sep. 24, 2008
Online Identity Crisis
Would-be plaintiffs seeking to sue anonymous Internet bloggers should take note of two recent 6th District Court of Appeal opinions, write Paul D. Fogel and Sumana Cooppan.
FOCUS COLUMN
By Paul D. Fogel and Sumana Cooppan If you're a reader of superhero comic books, you know two things: The superhero needs a reason to unmask the villain, and the villain must fight hard to protect his or her identity. But these principles do not operate only in the realm of the fantastic - they are also emerging as central tenets in Internet defamation cases. As two recent 6th District Court of Appeal opinions confirm, to fi...
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