Comments on: Bloggers have rights http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/13/bloggers-have-rights/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:52:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Pedro Menard http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/13/bloggers-have-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-161936 Pedro Menard Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:19:03 +0000 http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1669#comment-161936 Hello Tracy, This is interesting but somehow outdated info (the EFF article gows back to 2005, and the invisiblog project seems to be just dead). Here are some links that might be useful (though some of them are old as well): From Ethan Zuckerman, a kind of Internet Guru on anonymous blogging: http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/10/01/anonymous-blogging-with-wordpress-and-tor/ http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page6042.cfm TOR - (which seems one of the necessary tools to get the job done): http://www.torproject.org/ ------------- Here in Portugal, not a month ago, and in an unprecedent decision, a court order against a Google anonynous blogger was carried out by the company , and the blog was taken offline. The court also ordered Google to reveal the blogger's identity but, till now, no news about that. The blog was openly criticizig the politicians running a town's City Hall. After the blog was closed, it's author promptly opened another one with a similar name and continued to post his opinions (lol). Needless to say: a relatevely unknown situation became a news matter, a national issue, and now all our country knows a lot more that the Mayour would like us to... Best Regards, Pedro Hello Tracy,

This is interesting but somehow outdated info (the EFF article gows back to 2005, and the invisiblog project seems to be just dead).

Here are some links that might be useful (though some of them are old as well):

From Ethan Zuckerman, a kind of Internet Guru on anonymous blogging:
http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/10/01/anonymous-blogging-with-wordpress-and-tor/
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page6042.cfm

TOR – (which seems one of the necessary tools to get the job done):
http://www.torproject.org/
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Here in Portugal, not a month ago, and in an unprecedent decision, a court order against a Google anonynous blogger was carried out by the company , and the blog was taken offline. The court also ordered Google to reveal the blogger’s identity but, till now, no news about that. The blog was openly criticizig the politicians running a town’s City Hall. After the blog was closed, it’s author promptly opened another one with a similar name and continued to post his opinions (lol). Needless to say: a relatevely unknown situation became a news matter, a national issue, and now all our country knows a lot more that the Mayour would like us to…

Best Regards,

Pedro

]]> By: Anonymous Financial Blogger http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/13/bloggers-have-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-161933 Anonymous Financial Blogger Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:16:54 +0000 http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1669#comment-161933 Acting in a legal manner is only part of the issue. If a blogger criticizes a rich person or company, even if done so in a completely legal manner, the criticized company or individual can sue, necessitating a costly legal defense. Due to threats of such actions I now have a $400/hr defamation lawyer on retainer. While this may seem extreme, I know of others in my position (who have criticized shady and fraudulent companies) who have had to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend themselves. It is good to be prepared, and now I don't let my most negative articles out unless my lawyer okays them. There are certain other things I will never say because the risk of getting sued is too great. Acting in a legal manner is only part of the issue. If a blogger criticizes a rich person or company, even if done so in a completely legal manner, the criticized company or individual can sue, necessitating a costly legal defense. Due to threats of such actions I now have a $400/hr defamation lawyer on retainer. While this may seem extreme, I know of others in my position (who have criticized shady and fraudulent companies) who have had to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend themselves. It is good to be prepared, and now I don’t let my most negative articles out unless my lawyer okays them. There are certain other things I will never say because the risk of getting sued is too great.

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