Originally Posted by Spiegelau

* The objects of online flames may not take these comments lying down if/when you cross the line to defamation. Today's Internet is a widely read medium, and insinuations found there have a real effect on business and reputations.


* People accused of anonymously posting libelous statements online may find it harder to keep their real-world identities secret following a judge's ruling in a
libel case in Florida.

The judge ruled that an anonymous critic is not entitled to any special privileges that would prevent or delay his unmasking in a lawsuit just because his comments were posted on the Internet.