Dendrite v. Doe
From Internet Law Treatise
A software development and servicing company sued four individuals who posted critical comments on a Yahoo! bulletin board, allegedly including defamatory statements and disclosing trade secret information. The plaintiff then sought to subpoena the identities of the four defendants. Adopting the arguments advanced by Public Citizen and the ACLU of New Jersey as amicus curiae, the trial judge and then the appellate court set forth standards for judging such subpoena requests, including requirements of notice, specification of actionable statements, review of claims for legal validity, testing the factual support for the claims, and balancing the interest in anonymity against the plaintiff's interest in proceeding.
Download (http://www.cyberslapp.org/litigation/opinions/DendriteAppealOpinion.pdf) the Appellate Court decision.
Download (http://www.cyberslapp.org/litigation/opinions/DendriteSuperiorCourtOpinion.PDF) the Superior Court decision.
Chapter 2 - Content And Speech Regulation
Obscenity
· Communications Decency Act - Obscene Materials
· Children's Online Protection Act (COPA)
· Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
· State Attempts At Regulation
· First Amendment
· Anonymity
· International Content Regulation
