FINANCIAL FIRM SUES INTERNET USERS FOR SLANDER Issue: Privacy Wade Cook Financial Corp. of Seattle filed a slander suit in federal court against 10 anonymous users of a bulletin board at Internet gateway Yahoo! and expects to subpoena Yahoo! to hand over the real names of the users. The lawsuit comes as debate grows over Internet privacy, with users fretting about how to protect their identities from prying eyes, and companies complaining about the ease with which rumors spread over the global computer network. At the Yahoo! website, users can post messages on the bulletin boards, get news and financial information, send e-mail and enter chat rooms. In a January message posted at the portal, one of the ten users named in the suit claimed the company's founder, Wade Cook, had been arrested for accepting kickbacks. The company denies the allegation. Cook's attorney Paul Anderson said, "These John Does are using the anonymity afforded by the Internet to damage the reputation and undermine the business of a legitimate company." [SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News, AUTHOR: Reuters] <http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/internet/docs/218898l.htm> from benton's communications kathy > Kathy E. Gill > DCAC/MRM Methods Communication -- 425.965.6901 > Continuous effort -- not strength or intelligence -- is the key to unlocking our >potential. ~ Liane Cardes > Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire! > ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The NEW Web Consultants Association FORUMS and CHAT: Register Today at: http://just4u.com/forums/ Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants Give the Gift of Life This Year... Just4U Stop Smoking Support forum - helping smokers for over three years-tell a friend: http://just4u.com/forums/ To get 500 Banner Ads for FREE go to http://www.linkbuddies.com/start.go?id=111261 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
