[Two thoughts: (1) This is yet another example of spineless, craven university administrators. (2) Anyone who's going to criticize said spineless, craven university administrators should rely on technology -- not the law -- to protect their anonymity. Thanks to Ian for forwarding. --Declan] ******* From: "D. Ian Hopper" <ihopperat_private> To: "Declan McCullagh" <declanat_private> Subject: Different topic... Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:03:55 -0400 Message-ID: <NDBBLKAPMMCGKEJOBIOEEEAKCFAA.ihopperat_private> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal ^Magistrate: University's Web critics must be revealed; school wants to sue for defamation< ¶ ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) _ A Web hosting company must reveal the anonymous people behind an Internet site that has called the administration at the University of Louisiana-Monroe incompetent and accused top officials of lying, a magistrate ordered. ¶ The information must be provided to Richard Baxter, the university's vice president for external affairs, who wants to file a defamation lawsuit. The magistrate also ordered Homestead Technologies Inc. to provide computer logs of all people who have posted, published or provided any content to the site. ¶ An unopposed motion asking for the information was filed last week in federal court. The order, which was signed Thursday, was made public Monday. ¶ Baxter declined comment about the court order, as did Michael Rymes, who represents the people behind the Web site. ¶ In his petition asking for the order, Baxter cited examples of what he called "extreme, outrageous and malicious content" on the site: ¶ _ That outgoing university president Lawson Swearingen has converted funds from the university's athletic foundation to a slush fund. ¶ _ That Swearingen has lied to university boosters who have been "conned, stiffed and lied to by a dishonorable man." ¶ _ That "Baxter's job is to make sure that Swearingen's incompetence and the university's state of decline under Swearingen are kept undercover." Yahoo apparently hasn't picked it up yet, so I can't offer a URL. But that's the entire piece. - Ian. ------------------------------------------- > D. Ian Hopper > AP Technology Writer > 2021 K St., 6th Floor, Washington DC 20006 > W: 202.776.9595 | Cell: 202.415.9595 | F: 801.991.3356 > Office e-mail: ihopperat_private | Mobile e-mail: ihopperat_private > AIM: dihopper | PGP key at certserver.pgp.com ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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