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Title: WE'RE WATCHING YOU - NJ court: No shield law for message boards posters
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URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110607 ... n_hi_te/us_blogger_protections
Published: Jun 7, 2011
Author: By BETH DeFALCO
Post Date: 2011-06-07 21:30:46 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Views: 215
Comments: 14
TRENTON, N.J. – The New Jersey Supreme Court says people posting in online message boards ,don't have the same protections for sources as mainstream journalists. The court ruled Tuesday that New Jersey's shield law for journalists does not apply to such message boards. The case involved a New Jersey-based software company named Too Much Media. It sued a Washington state blogger for defamation and wanted her to reveal sources she cited on message board posts. Shellee Hale claimed customer information was compromised and that she should be protected from revealing her sources. New Jersey's highest court says online message boards are little more than forums for discussion and don't fit the definition of news media as described by the law.
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#1. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand "I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
I saw Eric Dondero sucking on the the toes of blow-up parade gear "I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
One would think the first and fifth amendments would be all that you need and that one could speak freely both in person or online with out fear of being compelled or coerced to communicate with you choose not too... NJ would call you wrong. As the nation currently exists we don't have 4 years left before new upheavals.
New Jersey's highest court ruled by Jews can go to hell and will.
God is always good!
I see another problem with this... New Jersey doesn't have authority here as this would be an interstate matter... NJ laws do not apply to the state and the citizens of the state of Washington.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
This will go to the Supremes for final judgement.
"Now more than ever, we need access to the crucial authorities in the Patriot Act" - Attorney General Eric Holder
Only if he's carrying a Halliburton briefcase. "The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan
I share your concern... Local state courts try this bullshit out first then the federal courts try to make it the law of the land... freaky freaky...
It seems they are contradicting themselves. If message boards are little more than forums for discussion, and not by definition a news media, by what right does a software company named Too Much Media have to sue her? Not that truth is a defence anymore. This stinks of Noachian Law.
It is vital to understand that there is no truth without discernment and no wisdom without the truth. What then is “faith” but an effort to confound truth and wisdom?
I see that same problem and I believe that forum owners (with respect to the state of which their forum originates from), may file a federal diversity lawsuit contending such laws infringe on the First Amendment. The law is designed to intentionally deprive anyone of such constitutional rights per state and federal government to exercise their rights. Freedom of the Press does not just apply to the press alone. It also enables citizens that right to petition their grievances to the federal government when such laws (NJ laws) impinge on people's abilities to express themselves without fear of retribution. Finally, it becomes the responsibility of the journalist to check and vet their sources when doing their stories. The posters will read and glean upon information as they so desire. And it is always somebody who will attack the credibility of the source. But still, it is not so much the "reputation" of the journalist that is the issue, but the facts the journalist addresses that makes them credible. People want facts from journalists. Leave the rants and ramblings of the posters alone...for it is their right to express their arguments in an open forum without feeling like criminals.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is still missing its idiot.
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's
Going to get himself a big dish of beef chow mein
#2. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
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The Macy's Santa Claus
Him and Weiner, were were scrambling toward the rear,
Does this constitute probable cause?
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#10. To: Dakmar (#2)
Does this constitute probable cause?
#11. To: Eric Stratton (#8)
Don't think that such laws are not about to go national however. Big mistake to think that. I've been waiting for that shoe to drop for a while.
#12. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
New Jersey's highest court says online message boards are little more than forums for discussion and don't fit the definition of news media as described by the law.
#13. To: titorite (#5)
I see another problem with this... New Jersey doesn't have authority here as this would be an interstate matter...
#14. To: purplerose, 4 (#13)
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