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Fight Over Blog Comments Hits High Court
IEHI Feed: The Hedge Fund Implode-o-Meter —
Fight Over Blog Comments Hits High Court (nhpr.org) [image] Search Enter your search terms Web HF Submit search form 2009-11-05 “The trial courts order violates basic principles the 1st amendment, of the US constitution and essentially tramples on the rights both of implode explode both to speak, and to publish and to speak, as well as on the rights of the public to receive information and speak anonymously.” go to full article | permalink to this | forum thread | Subscribe by email! [image] Comments: Be the first to add a ...
Lunchtime Links 11-5
Rolfe Winkler —
Fight over blog comments hits NH high court (NHPR, ht AK) Aaron Krowne is fighting the good fight for bloggers everywhere.
FHA delays release of financial audit (ElBoghdady, WaPo) The dog ate my homework…
Wells Fargo defers reckoning on troubled mortgage balances (Eckblad, DJ) Wells’ book of option ARMs threatens to blow up in the next few years as the loans recast, forcing borrowers to start paying down principal, not just making a minimum payment as they might on a credit card. Turning them into 6-10 year interst only loans pushes back the pain for the ...
Are Bloggers (& Comments) Due 1st Amendment Protections?
The Big Picture —
... know about trends in the mortgage industry, and secondary markets, credit-default swaps.”
Justice James Duggan:
“So they print rumors, right? So does the national enquirer, and that’s a newspaper.”
“It’s a newspaper.”
“Not that I read it (laughs).”
I (obviously) think blogs should be afforded the same protections . . .
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Fight Over Blog Comments Hits High Court
Josh Rogers
NHPR, November 5, ...
Fight Over Blog Comments Hits High Court
The Mess That Greenspan Made —
... won a temporary injunction requesting that a "2007 Loan Chart" document be removed from their website (ml-implode.com) and that the source of the data be revealed along with the name of the anonymous commenter. While both the loan chart and the offending comments were removed, neither of the sources were provided and so The Mortgage Specialists filed for and won a permanent injunction earlier this year which is now being appealed. Additional details can be found here and here. A central point of disagreement between the two parties is whether the ...
