Texas judge gets it right

[sauergeek]

Masked email activist can remain anonymous, judge rules

A judge has correctly refused to unmask a critic of a politician, even though the criticism apparently cost the politician his reelection. The judge ruled that because the criticisms were not defamatory as a matter of law, the politician had no right to know who the critic was. This is an excellent development -- anonymous critics should not be outed without some demonstration that they've done something wrong.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

Well, doesn't anonymous pamphleteering (and its online analogues) have a long history and a lot of legal precedent to protect it in the USA, stemming from it being important in you giving George III the finger?

[lawbard.livejournal.com]

*applause*

And we all thought privacy was dead...