You Said What About Me?
Almost in direct response to my last blog, Manhattan Supreme Court orders Google to unmask a nameless blogger who was talking smack about Liskula who is a New York model. The best/worst part about it? It turned out to be an acquaintance.
Liskula Cohen was written about on blogger.com where the guy called her a skank and other unflattering stuff, especially for a model.
This sets a huge precident for future court trials when someone writes negative things, especially untrue or inflamatory ones about you or your business. Most of the time when someone speaks really badly of someone else on the internet, I have found that they rarely leave their name or a way to reach them. It is like drive by vandalism, but can have far reaching effects financially and even worse on someones personal reputation, not to mention it is just plain mean and hurts their feelings 
The guys I respect have their name all over their work online, and many of them even have their address.
I am writing about this to make it more known. The more people who know about the fact that at least one court decided you can not hide behind an anonomous blog, the more people will be transparent online. Congrats Liskula!
Liskula, if you want to swing by thinktank to celebrate with us, just give me a ping!
In most cases, I think the sooner people can’t hide who they are, the better. There would be a lot less crap on the Internet, and more good people would hang around instead of being chased off by trolls.
ReplyI agree with Shane. I think a lot of problems arise when you do something anonymously instead of standing behind your opinions.
Replyi’m glad that there is some accountability now, you can’t just throw stuff against the wall anymore. it’s a big step in creating a better internet with higher quality content.
Replygo MANHATTAN!!!! getting rid of all those trashy people off the internet.
ReplyAnonymous smack talk=cowardly. If you are going to say something, say it to my face. It’s amazing the way the legal system is evolving to take into account the Internet. Some things that transpire on the Internet, may as well have transpired in person. Like threats, slander, etc… I think it’s a good idea that some of these things are going to court.
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